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Even when the adherence is sufficient, there are conditions where the medication schedule should be modified. Crucial drug\u2013drug, food\u2013drug, and supplement\u2013drug interactions can lead to treatment failure. We present the development of an internet of medical things (IoMT) platform to improve medication adherence and enable remote treatment modifications. Based on photos of food and supplements provided by the patient, using a camera integrated to a portable 3D-printed low-power pillbox, dangerous interactions with treatment medicines can be detected and prevented. We compare the medication adherence of 14 participants following a complex medication schedule using a functional prototype that automatically receives remote adjustments, to a dummy pillbox where the adjustments are sent with text messages. The system usability scale (SUS) score was 86.79, which denotes excellent user acceptance. Total errors (wrong\/no pill) between the functional prototype and the dummy pillbox did not demonstrate any statistically significant difference (p = 0.57), but the total delay of the intake time was higher (p = 0.03) during dummy pillbox use. Thus, the proposed low-cost IoMT pillbox improves medication adherence even with a complex regimen while supporting remote dose adjustment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22155818","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,5]],"date-time":"2022-08-05T02:12:39Z","timestamp":1659665559000},"page":"5818","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Development of a Low-Power IoMT Portable Pillbox for Medication Adherence Improvement and Remote Treatment Adjustment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4679-2990","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dimitrios","family":"Karagiannis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedical Simulations and Imaging Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece"}]},{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Mitsis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedical Simulations and Imaging Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece"}]},{"given":"Konstantina S.","family":"Nikita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedical Simulations and Imaging Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"304","DOI":"10.4065\/mcp.2010.0575","article-title":"Medication adherence: WHO cares?","volume":"86","author":"Brown","year":"2011","journal-title":"Mayo Clin. 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