Treatment adherence monitoring using IoT devices

• Grant number: 23/02544-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: April 01, 2023
• End date: March 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Pharmacy - Medicines Analysis and Control
• Agreement: FINEP - Centelha SP Program
• Principal Investigator: Fernando César Bizerra
• Grantee: Fernando César Bizerra
• Company: Renovationmed Tecnologia Ltda
• CNAE: Suporte técnico, manutenção e outros serviços em tecnologia da informação ; Atividades profissionais, científicas e técnicas não especificadas anteriormente ; Aluguel de máquinas e equipamentos não especificados anteriormente
• City: São José dos Campos
• Pesquisadores principais: Cristiano Rocha Meneguello
• Associated research grant(s): 23/03855-9 - Treatment adherence monitoring using IoT devices, AP.PIPE
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/07608-6 - Treatment Adherence Monitoring using IoT Devices., BP.TT; 23/05672-9 - Treatment Adherence Monitoring using IoT Devices., BP.TT

Abstract

Today, the portion of individuals over 60 years old already represents more than 30 million people in our country. It is known that a large part of these individuals have chronic diseases and need to continuously use medication, often with complex therapeutic regimens, which represents a significant barrier to treatment adherence. RenovatioMed is a Healtech startup that aims to solve the problem of medication adherence among elderly and chronic patients. This is an age-old problem for the entire healthcare system, which has an impact on the quality of life of patients and, consequently, affects the progression of healthcare expenses for both public and private systems. To solve this problem, we have developed an electronic medication organizer with IoT technology to monitor patients' medication intake. It is a device that emits sound and light alerts to assist the user in identifying the correct time to take their medication. Our web platform collects all this data, providing valuable information on medication intake times, intake errors (forgetfulness and use outside the programmed time/day), and other notifications received by users. (AU)