Para-chute

Prescription Net-work

Project AdvisorCraig Zimring, PhDDavid CowanEllen Yi-Luen Do, PhDJeremy Ackeman, MD PhD

Georgia Institute of TechnologyFall 2012. Emergency Room of the Future

7th Healthcare Design of the Future VIP OPEN HOUSE December 4th, 2012

1. PROBLEM

• 20% of all ER visits are geriatric (Wajnberg, et al. 2012)

• 70 percent of elderly patients are taking at least one chronic medication (Moxey, et al. 2003)

• Current methods of communicating & recording directions are not effective, only 1/5 of used prescriptions are known about by the doctor (Glintborg, et al. 2007)

• Elderly patients find medication adherence difficult- Cognitive & Physical impairment(Beckman, et al. 2004)

• Patient adherence with chronic medications averages only 50 percent (Haynes 2001)

• 10 percent of hospital and 23 percent of nursing-home admissions are due to medi-cation nonadherence(National Pharmaceutical Council 1992)

3. WHAT IS THE PPN?

4. HOW DOES PPN WORK?

• Elderly patients take multiple prescription

medications that are often filled by differ-

ent pharmacies. In addition, due to physi-

cal and mental impairment they are at risk

for noncompliance to prescription instruc-

tions. In the stressful environment of an

emergency department, the elderly have

difficulty communicating accurately their

medication history and compliance record,

forcing doctors to make medical decisions

based on potentially incomplete or inaccu-

rate medication information

2. RESEARCH

• Parachute Prescription Network is a digi-

tal application that allows the caregiver of

an elderly patient to link medication infor-

mation from the patient's online pharmacy

accounts, online hospital accounts, and

automated medication dispensers into a

single account. This account can be ac-

cessed through a patient passport that is

brought with the patient to the Emergency

Department, where practitioners can

quickly check a patient's filled prescrip-

tions from multiple locations, compliance

record, and over-the-counter medications

that are registered

Prescription history Prescribed medicine Last filled date Expected refill date Compliance Direction Provider info.

Product number Real-time compliance status Compliance summary Start& end date of medication Dosage info. of each container

Medical history Patient Information Summary data from

pharmacy& pill dispenser

Pharmacy

Pill Dispenser Caregiver Doctor

ID Card

Sanghun LeeMS, Industrial EngineeringSchool of Industrial Systems Engin.dodori0909@gmail.com

Ben ClevelandMS, Health SystemsHealth Systems Institutebmcleveland313@gmail.com

Laura SalisburyMS, Industrial DesignSchool of Industrial DesignLaura.d.salisbury@gmail.com

5. DIGITAL INTERFACE 6. PHYSICAL INTERFACE

7. DISTINCT FEATURES

• Doctor Perspective1 2

3 4

• Caregiver & Patient Perspective1 2

3 4

• Without the Parachute• No way of knowing if information is accurate

• Published records may not be up to date

• Can take a lot of time if info isn't readily available

• Information is not sorted in a uniform way

• With the Parachute• Accurate information based on patient's online ac-

counts

• Can see when records were updated

• Information from multiple sources is all in same application

• Information organized uniformly

• Visual tools for processing compliance record quickly

Easy Grip

Card Reader

Touch Screen

• Smart Parachute Case