Abstract:

Technological developments in recent years bring important effects in the health sector as well as in all sectors. However, the global population is aging, the number of chronic diseases is increasing, and there is also an increase in health expenditures and patient drug use. This situation significantly affects access to health and puts emphasis on developing technology by bringing issues such as speed, quality and cost into the agenda in the field of health. Internet of Things supported devices provide the opportunity to keep patients safe and healthy by making it possible to monitor them remotely in the healthcare sector. In addition, thanks to the remote monitoring of patients, the follow-up of drug use is made more easily and the efficiency of the treatment is increased. In this study, in the context of the issues mentioned above, information was given about the general literature on the Internet of Things of and especially the tracking of drug use in the field of health, and the Smart Drug Tracking Application, developed for the purpose of tracking drugs in line with the personal data of the users, was technically explained.

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