Medication compliance alert device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- capturing information about a medication label associated with a medication;
analyzing, by a first computing device, the information about the medication label to extract medication information;
generating, by the first computing device, a medication schedule for a corresponding patient associated with the medication, wherein the medication schedule comprises a dosage strength and dosage frequency;
prompting, by a second computing device, the corresponding patient to take an amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength at a predetermined time according to the medication schedule; and
receiving, by the second computing device, an indication that the corresponding patient has taken the amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength.
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Abstract
Example embodiments relate to medication compliance alert devices. An example embodiment includes a method. The method includes capturing information about a medication label associated with a medication. The method also includes analyzing, by a first computing device, the information about the medication label to extract medication information. Further, the method includes generating, by the first computing device, a medication schedule for a corresponding patient associated with the medication. The medication schedule includes a dosage strength and dosage frequency. In addition, the method includes prompting, by a second computing device, the corresponding patient to take an amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength at a predetermined time according to the medication schedule. Still further, the method includes receiving, by the second computing device, an indication that the corresponding patient has taken the amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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capturing information about a medication label associated with a medication; analyzing, by a first computing device, the information about the medication label to extract medication information; generating, by the first computing device, a medication schedule for a corresponding patient associated with the medication, wherein the medication schedule comprises a dosage strength and dosage frequency; prompting, by a second computing device, the corresponding patient to take an amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength at a predetermined time according to the medication schedule; and receiving, by the second computing device, an indication that the corresponding patient has taken the amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A mobile computing device configured to:
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capture information about a medication label associated with a medication; analyze the information about the medication label to extract medication information; generate a medication schedule for a corresponding patient associated with the medication, wherein the medication schedule comprises a dosage strength and dosage frequency; prompt the corresponding patient to take an amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength at a predetermined time according to the medication schedule; and receive an indication that the corresponding patient has taken the amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength.
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31. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:
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receiving information, from a computing device, about a medication label associated with a medication; analyzing the information about the medication label to extract medication information; generating a medication schedule for a corresponding patient associated with the medication, wherein the medication schedule comprises a dosage strength and dosage frequency; transmitting, to the computing device, the medication schedule for the corresponding patient; and receiving, from the computing device, an indication that the corresponding patient has taken an amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength, wherein the indication that the corresponding patient has taken the amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength was received by the computing device in response to the computing device prompting the corresponding patient to take the amount of the medication corresponding to the dosage strength at a predetermined time according to the medication schedule.
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