Inspiration
This application was designed to alleviate some of the common problems in healthcare, including the time-consuming process of filling out questionnaires before doctor's appointments and the failure of patients to recall important symptoms or lifestyle changes by the time they see their doctor. This application operates to streamline the process of an appointment and reduce waiting times. Along with recognizing physicians' and nurses' hard work, the tool also hopes to make healthcare less complicated, assisting both patients and healthcare providers in coordinating and improving care.
What it does
CareSync is an application designed to create personalized medical records, allowing patients to stay connected to their health, resources, and their primary care provider with just a click. With CareSync, you can expect more seamless doctor visits and up-to-date records of your care.
How we built it
We used the react library to seamlessly incorporate our files and used JavaScript to code the front end development of the application. Patient could log in and be directed to the questionnaire, where once they submit, the data will be converted into a PDF using jsPDF library. The PDF will be automatically downloaded and the patient can see personalized medical report.
Challenges we ran into
At first we weren't sure what issue to tackle, if there was a problem certainly there was a solution, but we soon realized improvements can always be made and one thing we all disliked, was forgetting simple things to tell our doctor, and long waiting time for visits, and soon landed on a solid idea we could improve on.
We had trouble incorporating a data base and storing the data that the user inputs, thus we opted to not do that and just created a function that converts input data into PDF. Then we had issues creating a log-in portal where both patient and doctor would have secure access to their own patient/doctor portal. If we had been able to incorporate this step, then the converted PDF file would immediately be stored in a separate section on the website with the option to download for both patient and doctor.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're incredibly proud of learning to incorporate new libraries like react and jsPDF and advancing our skills in JavaScript. In addition, we believe we had really solid ideas when it came to this project, and just what we can do with this application in the future to better help the ones we care for.
What we learned
In the begining we actually tried to set up a cloud database so the patients information can be stored, we tried to use google firebase in hopes to being able to set it up and it proved difficult, we then decided that we would want to make this a solid site good enough to demo and present our idea as we believe that it was a solid idea, so we had to learn how to get the patients form that will then turn it into a pdf that can be sent to their primary care for them to utilize
What's next for CareSync
CareSync has a lot of potentional for it's future, while this is just a demo we have big plans for this project, such as adding a personalized portal where users may access their records, medication reminders and how to take them, visit forms and maybe even expenses. A central hub dedicated to better understand your help and save you time! Struggling with navigating the site or not too tech-savvy we can implement a chat-bot that can help the patient navigate their records
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