Internet of Things (IoT) Based Smart Health Care Medical Box for Elderly People

Though the health care society is slow in adopting IoT (Internet of Things) than other fields, IoT in the field of medicine is destined to keep the people safe and healthy where the main purpose is to decrease the cost of health care in the coming years. A smart IoT based healthcare system has been proposed here, which contains an intelligence medicine box associated with sensors and server for regular health monitoring. This smart medicine box with wireless internet connectivity helps the patients to get regular health care and create easy communication between doctor and patient without meeting physically. The proposed medicine box helps the patient to take the right medicine at the right time along with an email which will help the patient to take the medicine. A laptop is used as a server where detailed information about doctor and patient are stored along with prescription and appointment date. Both doctor and patient have IDs’ and password for accessing the server. Also, the data of medication and temperature of patient are stored on the server for doctor’s ease. The Doctor can change the patient’s prescription if necessary, which will also be notified via email. Moreover, the doctor can take immediate steps in case of an emergency.