UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS
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CADANGAN PROJEK TAHUN AKHIR FINAL YEAR PROJECT PROPOSAL
SESI/SEMESTER:
SESSION / SEMESTER:
2022/1
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PROJECT PROPOSAL
Project Title: SMART PHARMACY MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM
Student’s Name: HANAN RAIS BIN ABDUL MALIK
Student’s
Matrix Num. : 192060800 Programme: MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING
Supervisor’s Name: Dr. ALLAN MELVIN A/L ANDREW
Co - Supervisor’s Name (if any) :
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(Student’s Signature) (Supervisor’s Signature) Name : HANAN RAIS BIN ABDUL
MALIK
Official
Stamp :
Date : 29th AUGUST 2022
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FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 INTRODUCTION
Summary of the proposed project.
Nowadays, everyone is looking for new technologies by replacing the manual operation to the automatic controlled devices or apps. Online Health Community (OHC) platforms are one of the disruptive technologies of the future. OHCs offer a platform for patients, healthcare professionals, clinicians, caregivers, and others to express their opinions and create solutions for problems of interest. Pharmacy is a strong organization in healthcare sector that provide services begin with the prescription of medications and continue until the medication's effect is monitored. Staff at hospitals and community pharmacies promote rational prescribing and medication use. As a result, pharmacy is a complex and busy sector. There are frequently peak workload hours when patients must wait for extended periods of time to get their medicines especially those who are wishing to get continuous supply of medicines.
Therefore, this project will create a system which can smartly distribute medicine to those who are wishing for continuous supply of medicine by using mobile apps. The process of prescribing and governing a patient’s medication involves several steps including ordering, transcribing, dispensing and administration. As the process is error-prone, it requires computerization to support OHCs as well. The digital transformation of medicine is best supported by computerized provider order entry (CPOE), a term that refers to a system in which patients directly place orders via electronic means, and the pharmacist will verify with the orders and the medicines being transferred directly to the patient or whomever the orders need to be transferred to.
A smart pharmacy medicine dispensing system is a great project because it can save patients waiting time to get medicine, contactless as well as user friendliness also improve the system in pharmacy.
PROBLEM STATEMENTS
Please state the problem to be studied in concise terms. Use additional sheets if necessary.
Currently, most of the medicines are dispensed at the hospital pharmacy. Due to the pandemic, many people are having trouble getting their medications in a timely manner. It includes people who want a constant supply of medications from hospitals or clinics. Typically, patients need to queue to take their medicines at pharmacy and sometimes have to spend for a long time waiting there. For a working patient, this will create a problem for them because they have to rushing back to their office and cause failed to them to get medicine in a time manner.
Besides, queueing for a long time at pharmacy can cause crowded situation at pharmacy especially during peak hours, whereby that time others patients also come after done appointments with doctors as well as pharmacist also take time to provide the medicines in order to avoid error especially correct dosage, time taken intake for medicine and others.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
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The objectives of this project are:
❖ To design a system of smart medicine dispensing for patients.
❖ To develop a user-friendly apps for patients to order their medicine via online.
❖ To verify effectiveness of system based on Android apps and IoT application.
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 4 PROJECT SCOPES
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The scope of this project is to design a smart pharmacy medicine dispensing system. The system includes several processes such as ordering, transcribing, dispensing and administration. The system design is based on Android mobile apps and IoT application. The ordering process is limited to patient’s history medical reports such as type of medicine, dosage details and supply period. Next, for transcribing and dispensing is limited only to pharmacist where the pharmacist needs to understand the prescriptions as well as prepared the correct medicines (dosage in a specific period of time). Then, for administration include the delivering of the correct medicines directly to patient’s address followed the respected IDs, whereby pharmacist will be the admin register patients and supplier couriers.
LITERATURE REVIEW
At least 3 related papers. Use additional sheets if necessary.
A research paper published by G. Suganya et al. has designed an IoT based Automated Medicine Dispenser for Online Health Community (OHC) using Cloud. To support and grow the online health communities, an automated medication dispenser architecture and implementation are proposed. With the help of this solution, doctors in the online medical community can recommend medications based on the health conditions of their patients as reported by those patients online. When the doctor and patient begin communication, each user is protected by a special barcode. The medicine can then be delivered using the nearby automatic pill dispenser after the barcode has been scanned. Storage as a Service is supported by the cloud. The suggested model does away with the need for time-consuming doctor and pharmacy visits. Additionally, patients are freed from errors that could result from handwriting misunderstanding and medication substitution in manual medicine dispensing systems [1].
A research paper published by I. Reynaldi et al. proposed a smart pharmacy application development using the API Midtrans for payment gateway on android smartphone. The three technologies of Google Maps and Location Based Services is used to obtain the position and store data using Android mobile devices by utilising the API technology Midtrans. After testing and distributing questionnaires, it was determined that there was a need for applications that could locate the closest pharmacy and search for medications, thereby reducing the length of time that people had to wait in line at pharmacies and making payment easier for users.
Based on test results for the SmartApotek application for the Android platform, design and implementation were then made or the following was inferred which are the SmartApotek application already makes it easier to find medicines and the closest pharmacy. It is desired to make it simpler for customers to find pharmacies and their desired location without having to wonder if there are any medicines available, the SmartApotek app can cut down on the number of people waiting in line to buy and pay for medicines, so that clients won't have to wait in line at the pharmacy and the SmartApotek app already makes it easier to make payments, so that customers do not need to use cash to pay [2].
A research paper published by W. Antoun et al. presented a smart medicine dispenser (SMD) prototype. The main goal of this system is to make it easier for patients, especially seniors, to
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take their medications on schedule and without having to worry about forgetting a dose. It also lowers the possibility of accidentally overdosing or underdosing. Correct medication administration can prevent serious outcomes like illness, death, and postponed recovery. Such issues could be resolved by the SMD, which would inform and remind patients to take the right dose at the right time. Additionally, it facilitates direct communication between patients and caregivers by alerting the latter right away if a patient forgets to take a medication. SMD offers the user a touch interface that they can access via a smartphone application, enabling them to remotely manage and control their medication schedules and usage information [3].
A research paper published by J. Philip et al. has designed an automatic medicine dispenser (AMD). In order to make life easier for everyone, including kids who work abroad, the product is made to ensure that the quantity and timing of the pills to be dispensed can be controlled and monitored using an app. Additionally, it provides a direct line of communication between the user and their parents because it will alert them right away if the patient forgets to take a pill. Additionally, this system offers the customer a touchscreen that they can use remotely to monitor and control the timetables and access information through a mobile application.
Typically, a loud alarm signal is used to alert the patient. The medicine dispenser will emit louder signals to get the patient's attention if they not take the medicine within a predetermined amount of time [4].
Overview of literature review
Title Author and Year Country Summary
IOT based automated medicine dispenser for online health community using cloud
G. Suganya, M. Premalatha, A. Sharma, M. Pandya, and A. Joshi (2019)
India Each patient is provided with a barcode where they need to scanned at the automatic pill dispenser and the medicine will delivered automatically to them after having
communication with doctor.
Application
development using smart pharmacies API Midtrans as payment gateway on android smartphone
I. Reynaldi and I. D. Sumitra (2018)
Indonesia Used SmartApotek application for the Android platform. This system makes it simpler for customers to find pharmacies and their desired location without having to wonder if there are any medicines available, can cut down on the number of people waiting in line to buy and pay for medicines.
Smart Medicine Dispenser (SMD)
W. Antoun, A. Abdo, S. Al-Yaman, A. Kassem, M. Hamad, and C. El-Moucary (2018)
Lebanon This system is to make it easier for patients to take their
medications on schedule and without having to worry about forgetting a dose. SMD offers the user a touch interface that they can access via a
smartphone application, enabling them to remotely
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manage and control their medication schedules and usage information.
Automatic Medicine Dispenser using IoT
J. Philip,
F. M. Abraham, K. K. Giboy, B. J. Feslina, and T. Rajan (2020)
India The system is made to ensure that the quantity and timing of the pills to be dispensed can be controlled and monitored using an app. The medicine dispenser will emit louder signals to get the patient's attention if they not take the medicine within a predetermined amount of time
METHODOLOGY
Describe the procedures and methods to be used to achieve the objectives of the proposed project.
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Figure 1 below illustrated the overall flowchart for the design system. The system is proposed using the concept of the IoT. The cloud based datastore is required to store the details of users with their history of medication and sequence of medication they had. Besides, the android application for user interface that can be used by doctors to create prescriptions for patients that register in online health community (OHC).
First, patients need to download and install the user database from android apps. Then, patients need to login the apps for the next step. Once login, patients is required to select the order based on medicine type, dosage and supply period. After that, patients need to verify whether selected order is correct or have error. If have error, patients required to repeat back the previous step. If correct, then patients need to click send button, then the ordered medicines will be sent to pharmacy for supplying.
Next, pharmacist will prepare the medicines after checking from the medical records of the patients for verification of the correct medicines. After prepared and verified the medicines, pharmacist will take photo and send the picture via the android application for final verification from patients. If the medicines prepared is not correct, then patients need to click
‘No’ button. However, if correct patients need to click ‘Yes’ button then the payment and shipping page will display (medicine and shipping fee) via online banking. Once patients make payments, then the notifications will send directly to the courier partner for shipment.
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Flowchart
Figure 1: Flowchart of the design system
REFERENCES:
[1] G. Suganya, M. Premalatha, A. Sharma, M. Pandya, and A. Joshi, “IOT based automated medicine dispenser for online health community using cloud,” Int. J.
Recent Technol. Eng., vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 759–762, 2019.
[2] I. Reynaldi and I. D. Sumitra, “Application Development Using Smart Pharmacies Api Midtrans As Payment Gateway on Android Smartphone,”
Elibrary.Unikom.Ac.Id, 2018, [Online]. Available:
https://elibrary.unikom.ac.id/1520/14/UNIKOM_IVAN REYNALDI_JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS.pdf.
[3] W. Antoun, A. Abdo, S. Al-Yaman, A. Kassem, M. Hamad, and C. El- Moucary, “Smart Medicine Dispenser (SMD),” Middle East Conf. Biomed.
Eng. MECBME, vol. 2018-March, no. March, pp. 20–23, 2018, doi:
10.1109/MECBME.2018.8402399.
[4] J. Philip, F. M. Abraham, K. K. Giboy, B. J. Feslina, and T. Rajan, “Automatic Medicine Dispenser using IoT,” Int. J. Eng. Res., vol. V9, no. 08, pp. 342–349, 2020, doi: 10.17577/ijertv9is080152.
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 12 List major activities involved in the proposed project. Indicate duration of each activity to the related month(s).
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Final presentation
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Plan Actual Troubleshoot project
Final draft report preparation Final draft report submission Final report and project preparation Final report and logbook submission
Proposal presentation
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Year Week
Proposal submission Project Title Selection Detail discussion with supervisor Review literature work (finding additional information and knowledge about project)
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Testing software
