Master in Engineering in Computer SciencePervasive Systems

a.y. 2015-16Prof. Chatzigiannakis

RecipeX:Your personal caregiver and lifestyle makeover

The teamFabrizio Farinacci

Sara Veterini

1

1.Why

RecipeX?

2

‘’ “If I had knew that healing was so difficult, I’d have never got sick!”A patient… and a nurse

So, facing your medical issues in the right way is a DIFFICULT activity… even for experts!

3

ProblemIt’s difficult to maintain an healthy lifestyle while

following your therapies and nursing prescriptions

4

SolutionGive to the people an application capable to

register, monitor, remember and share therapies and promote a healthy lifestyle

5

Main idea

▣ Helping patients to follow their therapies, simplifying the communication with the health care assistants

▣ Giving health care assistants a simple and useful tool to keep track of the therapies of their assisted

7

Patients▣ Remember therapies

and prescriptions ▣ Send measurements to

their caregivers▣ Plan an healthy and

secure lifestyle

Use Cases

Caregivers▣ Monitor vital signs▣ Setup the treatments

requirements remotely ▣ Give feedbacks to

promote a healthy lifestyle for their assisted

8

Main Functionalities

Everything is recorded Record your vital signs and your nursing prescription in the dedicated sections

Nothing is forgottenTimed notifications will remind you about your therapeutic treatments and measurement requirements.

Always monitoredShare your recorded data with your family and your personal assistant. Keep your lifestyle under control.

Track & Plan good habitsEverything is tracked into a personal calendar, to be monitored and to plan a healthy and secure lifestyle.

Monitor your progressAn health database, to store informations about long term treatments and keep track of your progress.

Ask for helpEasier to get in touch with your caregiver to immediately solve whatever kind of issue

22

3.Opinions

Let’s see what the users think about our idea

9

Your opinion counts!

▣ We setup a Google form survey to ask users what they really needed from our application, and what they thought about the initial interface.

10

CaregiversAs a caregiver, would you like to monitor and be monitored with relation to your therapies and your lifestyle? How much do you think it is useful?

11

Caregivers (2)

How do you think it is useful to monitor the state of therapies and measurements of your patients?

12

Caregivers (3)

How much do you think it is useful to receive notifications about what you have to do for your therapies and your lifestyle(Pills, Measurements, etc.)?

13

Caregivers (4)

Give a rank to the main screen.

14

Caregivers (5)

What secondary fields would you like to be reserved on your profile?

14

Patients

Would you like to have an application that helps you in fulfilling your duties for your therapies, and helps you in following a healthier and safer lifestyle?

15

Patients (2)

How much do you think it is useful to have a calendar managed by the application that is shared with your relatives and caregivers(physiotherapists, dietitians, speech terapists etc.)? 16

Patients (3)

How much do you think it is useful to get instantly and locally notified about what your therapy requires?

17

Patients (4)

Give a rank to the main screen

18

All users

Which color do you prefer? (Green or Cyan)

18

Your opinion counts!

For more results, look here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_kQ44Uhj8FHnaKdo3cvPWCfHKhpC8Lyu0BAVw85eBlQ/edit?usp=drive_web#responses

19

3.Overall

Architecture

20

Overall Architecture

23

Architecture: Main concepts

▣ The frontend is a mobile application (Android)▣ The backend is a Python application running

on Google App Engine▣ The frontend interacts with a Web Service API

offered by the GAE backend through Google Cloud Endpoints

▣ Through the GAE backend, the app access to:□ Google + API, to register the user□ Google Calendar API, to store the history of

measurement and therapies and to notify the user about its therapeutical requirements.

Beacons (BLE) NFC Tags (NFC)

Beacons (BLE):▣ Range of few meters

▣ Up 2 years of usage before battery replacement

▣ Price ≅ 20$ - 35$ each (depending volume)

▣ Suitable for detecting how the user it’s moving in the surrounding environment

NFC Tags (NFC):▣ Range of only few

centimeters... but it’s OK!

▣ No needs of battery

▣ Price ≅ 0.10$ - 0.60$ each (depending volume)

▣ Suitable for being attached to physical objects and trigger specific actions

4.Our Idea:

Recipex

A mobile application to help patients in their therapies

20

Android projectRecipeX: the simplest way to follow your therapies, getting monitored and completely makeover your lifestyle.

21

Home screen(Patient side)

21

Home screen(Caregivers side )

21

Rapid access to main sections of the application

21

Fill your profile with your personal and professional info

Scroll down

Add your relatives and caregivers and contact them if you need help.

Tap here

Look at you therapies

21

See your caregivers

21

Click here to go to your treatments calendar

21

See all the measurements done by your assisted

Tap here

Setup treatments for your assisted remotely

Tap here

Use the NFC tags to insert quicker the informations

Click here to ask for help if you need!

21

Our plan for future:

▣ Make user experience better, introducing tips on how to use the application step by step

▣ Test the application with a large amount of users, including caregivers

▣ Monitor physiological needs of patients

▣ Add support to Google Maps API to show pharmacies/hospitals nearby

Thanks!Any questions?

https://github.com/FabFari/recipex

Sara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-veterini-667684116Fabrizio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabrizio-farinacci-496679116

24