Project Pill Tracker: An Advanced and Automated Pill Tracking & Dispenser

Background: Prescription drugs are used on a daily basis by over one hundred thirty one million people in the United States of America, 80% of which have claimed to skip a dose at some point in their lives. Importance: Medication adherence can prevent intensified medical conditions and over 125,000 deaths per year. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to create an automated mediation tracker and dispenser to reduce the human errors that can impact someone's life in a negative manner. Methods: The current prototype utilizes microelectronic technology, such as the Arduino Board and servo motors, and uses Android Studios to provide the user interface. Results: This prototype has a high accuracy rate for the pill tracking component and for the pill dispensing component. Conclusion: Although there are products in the current market that target this problem in our society, they lack the accuracy, fast speed, and convenience of this product. This product allows the user to track the pills they are consuming, store their pills, receive reminders about pills when the user must take them, notify them about skipped doses, upcoming refills, or upcoming appointments, dispense the right number of pills at the right time, and even connect to another account to either track them as a caregiver or be tracked as a care recipient.