The problem
Handwritten prescriptions lead to misread drug names and doses, and similar-sounding medicines are easily confused at the counter.
What to build
Create a tool that digitises a prescription image, matches drugs against a reference list and warns about look-alike names, duplicate therapy and dose limits.
Success looks like
Drug-name extraction above 90% on a sample of real-style prescriptions with a clear confidence indicator and a human confirmation step.
Suggested technologies
- OCR
- Fuzzy matching
- Drug databases
- Mobile camera
- Human-in-the-loop
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