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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bradley C. Herrin, Marina Del Ray, CA (US);
Morris S. Johnson, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Jarett Stein, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Xianjun Zhu, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer product for prompting a patient to take a medicine including collecting medicine prescription information associated with a patient, collecting medicine usage data associated with the patient, comparing the medicine usage data with the medicine prescription information, determining whether a medicine is taken by the patient as prescribed in the prescription information based on a comparison result of the medicine usage data and the prescription information, and generating one or more control signals to interrupt operations of one or more devices within an environment of the patient or environments of the patient's family member or caregivers, in response to determining that the medicine is not taken as prescribed.