Medicines
are an integral and often central part of modern healthcare.  In many cases, they are the cheapest, easiest
and most efficient way to tackle diseases. Yet their consumption and delivery
is prone to errors, which risk the safety of their usage. If prescribed
medicines are not consumed, the expected care results might be left unrealized.
Furthermore, both the conditions of the over- and underuse of medicines pertain
at the same time. Delivery and distribution is difficult, even in settings
where healthcare professionals, such as nurses or pharmacists, take command. However,
even more problems occur in settings where these professionals are not
available, such as homes. Nevertheless, the trend is to try to keep elderly
people living at home as long as possible, putting pressure on the practices of
the delivery of medicine in home settings. This article introduces the problem
area to the reader and presents a possible solution.