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Inspiration
Commedicate was developed with the goal of prioritizing the accessibility of the underserved within the healthcare system. Too often, patients that need resources the most tend to be overlooked.
What it does
Chrome extension that adds a layperson description to medical terms in the doctor visit notes on patient portals like MyChart.
How we built it
Highlighting the technologies that made this possible include integrating a React framework that allowed us to create an interactable Chrome extension, React Sweet State to manage state handling, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for a light load, and streamlined design. Node.js for the backend, and Wikipedia's API for term definitions.
Challenges we ran into
Two of the main roadblocks faced were starting to build in Python and then discovering Chrome extensions do not support Python. and discovering obtaining a dictionary API key would take time we did not have.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The accomplishments that our team is proud of are (1) the user-friendly, simple interface and (2) the functionality which displays exactly the information that we intended based on user needs.
What we learned
It was both our first time creating a Chrome extension, and we'd definitely do it again. Additionally, we were also unfamiliar with React JS and were eager to learn it.
What's next for Commedicate
Overall, moving forward, if given the time we want to expand the capabilities of this extension by incorporating additional language support and text-to-speech capabilities. This would provide optimal total care - lifestyle, mind, and body - for any individual.
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