BLE-Enabled Medication Events Monitoring System (MEMS) for community dwelling seniors
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
1-2019
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a low-cost Medication Events Monitoring System (MEMS) that can be deployed as a stand-Alone solution for community dwelling seniors. The system comprises a mains-powered Raspberry Pi Zero W as the gateway, and a plastic box instrumented with a sensor node. The sensor node is composed of an Estimote beacon that is attached with a reed switch, and a magnet that is attached to the lid of the plastic box. We evaluate the performance of the MEMS in terms of its sensing accuracy and its transmission reliability through experiments conducted in a research laboratory environment. Our results suggest that the performance of the proposed MEMS depends on the event interval, as well as the distance between the MEMS node and the gateway. At 2m (8m) apart, reliable sensing and transmission can be achieved when the interval between box opening and closing events is 15 sec (20 sec) or greater. These conditions seem reasonable and will need to be further validated when deployed in a home setting for community dwelling seniors.
Keywords
Community dwelling seniors, Medication Events Monitoring System, MEMS, Sensing accuracy, Transmission reliability
Discipline
Software Engineering
Research Areas
Software and Cyber-Physical Systems
Publication
33rd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019 January 9-11
First Page
227
Last Page
232
ISBN
9781538683507
Identifier
10.1109/ICOIN.2019.8718112
City or Country
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation
SUBRAMANIAM, Avinash; TAN, Hwee Xian; and TAN, Hwee-pink.
BLE-Enabled Medication Events Monitoring System (MEMS) for community dwelling seniors. (2019). 33rd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019 January 9-11. 227-232.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4419
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOIN.2019.8718112