Re: Open source medication adherence tools?

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On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 10:30 -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
> > I'd also loge to hear from anyone who might like to collaborate on this
> > kind of project.
> 
> Interested in that $50k contest Nokia announced yesterday? :)

Actually, I hadn't even heard of it! But now you got me interested! :)

I've owned all the N-series tablets since the 800 - my 900 arrived the
other week and although it does have some rough edges I'm really pretty
happy with it (certainly, it feels a lot less "beta" than the
"professional", proprietary tool that I previously used for managing RAW
files from my cameras!).

> Seeing as I work in healthcare (pharmacy) myself, I have not seen any 
> promising open source or free applications of any value. There are so 
> many legal requirements, certifications, and databases that cost money 
> to obtain that it prohibits any open source pharmacy application from 
> coming into fruition, as you have found out.

Sorry if I wasn't clear - I'm not looking to create a pharmacy app (in
fact, there seemed already to be some medical records / stores type apps
floating around although they are not my interest here so did not look
to see if they are any good).

This is purely for individuals to track their own medication.

E.g. "I need to take the blue inhaler as I need it, the green and brown
ones twice a day, the yellow pills in the morning, the pink ones at
night and two of the brown ones with lunch.. now, what have I
forgotten?" :-)

The idea'd be that you enter the drugs you're taking and the schedule
you take them on (ideally with a database that knows common pack/blister
strip sizes and regimes) and the app issues reminders, asks for
acknowledgment that you've taken the dose etc.

I can see lots of potential for additional functionality - pretty graphs
spring instantly to mind but also reminding when you need to order new
supplies, checking off packs at the end of the day/week/month to make
sure nothing got skipped etc.

> If you want to create a Maemo app, I'd be interested in collaboration. 
> I've got two small packages in Fremantle already. This project should 
> not interfere with my no-compete clause.

That would be great! It's been a while since I've done anything
involving a GUI but I've started having a play with the Maemo 5 SDK at
home.

Cheers,
Bryn.


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