PharmAssist Ẹ̀rọ Ìmúrasílẹ̀ Oògun láti ọwọ́ Muriel Shields and Dosun Shin jẹ́ aṣẹ́gun olókìkí púpọ̀ ti 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìdíje Àpẹẹrẹ Ẹ̀rọ Ilé.
IrinẸ̀rọ Ilé· 2020
PharmAssist Ẹ̀rọ Ìmúrasílẹ̀ Oògun
látọ̀wọ́ Muriel Shields and Dosun Shin
Oníbàárà: Arizona State University
Aṣẹ́gun Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ẹ̀rọ Ilé
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Nípa PharmAssist Ẹ̀rọ Ìmúrasílẹ̀ Oògun
PharmAssist jẹ́ ẹ̀rọ adaṣiṣẹ́ fún ìṣàkóso oògun tí a fi ń lò ní ilé. Ẹ̀rọ kékeré yìí máa ń bá mọ́ iwájú firiji ilé, ní ipò tí a ti máa ń fi ẹ̀rọ omi àti yìnyín onífètò sí i. Àwọn oògun tí dókítà kọ ń dé nínú àwọn ìgò tí ó bá ẹ̀rọ náà mu, tí a óò fi sínú ẹ̀rọ náà, tí yóò sì ka wọ́n nípasẹ̀ chip NFC. Ẹ̀rọ náà a máa fi ìtànṣán àti ìró ránṣẹ́ sí olùmúlò, yóò sì máa pín oògun jáde ní àkókò tí a ti ṣètò tẹ́lẹ̀ nípasẹ̀ ojú ọ̀nà kékeré ní ẹ̀gbẹ́. Nígbà tí oògun bá fẹ́ẹ́ tán, ẹ̀rọ náà a máa fi ìbéèrè fún àfikún ránṣẹ́ sí ilé-ìtajà oògun láìfọwọ́kàn. Ìṣe àpẹẹrẹ yìí ràn àwọn àgbàlagbà lọ́wọ́ láti ṣàkóso oògun wọn ní ààbò nínú ilé wọn.
Ìdánimọ̀ Náà
Nípa Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
PharmAssist Ẹ̀rọ Ìmúrasílẹ̀ Oògun jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé PharmAssist Ẹ̀rọ Ìmúrasílẹ̀ Oògun yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún PharmAssist Ẹ̀rọ Ìmúrasílẹ̀ Oògun nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
Lẹ́yìn Àpẹrẹ Náà
Àkójọ Ìròyìn
Àwọn ẹ̀tọ́, àwọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ àti àlàyé ìmọ̀ ẹ̀rọ tí olùṣàpẹrẹ pèsè.
- Àwọn Ohun Àkànṣe
- PharmAssist is an in-home, low-profile, automated medication management device designed to fit in a residential refrigerator in place of a standard water and ice dispensing unit. This system is designed primarily for elderly patients, and emits visual and audio alerts, dispenses medications at pre-programmed times throughout the day, and automatically sends digital refill requests to the patient’s pharmacy.
- Ìwọ̀n àti Àpò
- Height 374mm x Width 304mm x Depth 98mm
- Àwọn Àkọlé
- Medication, Medication Management, Elderly Care, Geriatric Care, Smart Home, Connected
- Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Ìṣelọ́pọ̀
- Interviews with nurses and nursing professors indicated that most existing medication management devices are set up in the kitchen. While sketching and building foam core prototypes, we decided to integrate the device into the front face of the refrigerator to give it a lower-profile and tie it in more seamlessly with the health and wellness hub of the home. After settling in this direction, we created a series of CAD iterations and an appearance model with a professonal prototyping company.
- Ìpèníjà Àpèsè
- The primary challenge was designing a device that would encourage rather than demean the user when on display in their home. Several of the geriatric nursing professors at ASU explained many elderly patients hesitate to use existing medication management devices for fear that they will signal a lack of independence to guests entering the home. This influenced the decision to create a functional, yet low profile solution that fits seamlessly into a modern user’s home.
- Ìwádìí
- Interviews became the primary type of research for PharmAssist. The intent was to establish the most common risks for aging in place, and collect more information about existing solutions to make this practice safer and more comfortable. Interview questions were prepared beforehand, and all discussions were filmed or voice recorded for reference. Formal interviews were conducted with Geriatric Nursing Professors from Arizona State University’s nursing school, as well as with employees at an assisted living facility in Phoenix. Informal interviews with contacts that had assisted older relatives with in-home care were also taken into account.
After conducting interviews and mapping out all the information collected, three major risks appeared at the forefront – falls, loneliness, and medication mismanagement. Once interviews became more focused, issues with current medication management devices came to light, such as the potential to demean the user, be difficult to operate, and not work in coordination with pharmacies. Though there are many challenges to aging in place, research suggested that improving these devices could assist elderly people with living safely and more comfortably in the environment they call home. - Ìmísí
- Aging in place is becoming an increasingly popular trend in the United States. Many elderly patients now choose to live at home rather than transition to a nursing home or assisted care facility. Though there are many benefits to staying in the same environment, there are also risks. After conducting interviews at Phoenix-based nursing homes and within Arizona State University’s geriatric nursing program, it became clear that one of the most prominent risks is the mismanagement of medication.
- Àkókò Iṣẹ́ Àkànṣe
- This project was completed at Arizona State University in U.S. from September 2015 to December 2015. PharmAssist was also exhibited at by Model Solution company who fabricated the appearance model in their 2016 showcase at the International IDSA Conference in Detroit in the U.S.
- Ìlànà Ìṣiṣẹ́
- After the initial setup, the customer will receive all prescriptions in a PharmAssist compatible bottle that is then inserted into the device. PharmAssist will read information off the bottle's NFC chip to emit visual and audio alerts, dispense the user’s medications at pre-programmed times through the left-side chute, and automatically send refill requests to the patient’s pharmacy. This will decrease the amount of human error for elderly patients who choose to administer their own medication.
- Àwọn Ọmọ Ẹgbẹ́
- Designer: Muriel Shields
Designer: Dosun Shin - Ìfọwọ́sí Àwòrán
- Main Image, Image #1, 2, 3, 4: Muriel Shields
Video Credits: Muriel Shields
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