Amazon Alexa for antibiotics interaction guidance system

Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections. Interactions between certain antibiotics and medicines may cause side-effects and decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy. Quite often, the prescription consists of multiple antibiotics to treat infections caused by different kinds of bacteria and it requires thorough knowledge of the interactions among these antibiotics and other medicines. For example – Cephalosporins may increase the chance of bleeding if taken with blood-thinning medications such as heparin and warfarin, which can be life threatening in certain situations. Current technology advances such as Amazon Alexa (intelligent personal assistant) can be programmed to assist physicians and patients with understanding drug interactions within an instant, rather than having to look it up on the Internet or in a medical guide. A database with Information on the antibiotics and their adverse reactions with each other will be mined from the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide will be created. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Vijay Mago

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Partner:

Furman University

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other

University:

Lakehead University

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