ABSTRACT

Title of Research: Family MediCare: A Mobile Application for Family Medicine Clinic and
Patients

Researcher: Dagalea, Gil Grace Jamaica Daguio

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Key words: Monitor and Track

This study will implement a software application to monitor and track health regime of a subject
via mobile platform. It will implement a software package that is integrated with mobile computing
device utilizing Android operating system. It intends to be a step towards the health informatics
revolutionizing patient health and healthcare systems. It will offer an easy to use graphical user
interface to the users who can be either patients and doctors. Application users can register themselves
on the application and use it to keep track of their medication regime if they are patients, or track
patient’s health if they are doctors. The application will allow the patients to scan their medicines and
activate system alarm based on the dosage schedule fed in by the user, allows patients to enter their
medical dosages and scan the prescribed medicines, thereby, activating system alarms for medicine
intake reminders. Alarm notifications are sent to mobile device for on-time medicine intake based on
the dosage schedule. It will send real-time notifications to the patients on their android mobile devices
helping them to keep track of their medicine intake. All the medical data registered with the
application will be stored securely.

Who will benefit the Project?

This will have the potential to accelerate beneficial changes taking place in the interactions
among patients, healthcare physicians, and patient’s own health practices. Individuals can obtain
necessary information to make desirable behavioral changes and thereby achieve healthier lifestyle
choices. The more medicine patient’s take, the more difficult it can be for them to remember the
medicine dosage and it’s routine.

How can your system help the beneficiary/stake holders?

The Patient health can be tracked and be monitored through mobile world anytime and
anywhere. It would be helpful to have a convenient place where patients can keep track of all their
medicines, a schedule of their dosages, and timely refill reminders to get better results. There is also
much information that is needed by physician on a daily basis to keep track of the patient’s health. The
physicians can receive up-to-date information about any delays in medicine intake or missed dosages,
and reminds the patient for the timely refill. This can result in a large shift in the locus of action and
control, from the Physician’s Office to the Patient’s Home. This shift will result in more
individualized healthcare when medical care is necessary.