goodNeighbor: Platform to track own symptoms and local help

Our main goal is to create a platform that helps people in need with the help of local communities during the Covid-19 outbreak. To add, we also try to help people to track their symptoms by surveys..

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Inspiration

During the out-break of Corona many people stayed home due to worries about their health status. This brings disconnection from the world around them. We try to introduce a platform which brings good will people together to support each other.

Secondly, during corona crisis are hospitals and medical staff overloaded with work. They have to ask similar questions always about the patient symptoms. We try make this work easier, by helping the doctors to their assessment. Patients can fill every-day a health status which provides an overview of their status and how it evolved over time. This can be of a great help and you can bring to your doctor during the visit.

What it does

The platform currently features aim to solidarity with our neighbors by offering and asking help. After successful registration, we are able to post our requests for help e.g. pick up groceries and medicine. Each request has own level of urgency. Finally, we show a survey which is bounded to the user and contains various questions. These questions asses patient's health status over time and ask questions regarding body temperature, travelling and respiratory issues.

How I built it

The application runs on Python (v3.5+) Flask framework (v.2+) and uses Google Maps APIs. It is an open-source project and we are actively searching for developers. This stack provides easy usability after deployment not only on desktops but also on mobile devices. We focus on security and try to deal with users private in a secure manner by ensuring their secret information are stored using robust and secure cryptographic library based on state-of-the-art cryptographic algorithms.

Challenges I ran into

Finding trustworthy resources online is challenging, but fortunately scientific publications provide good insights. These are used to build the questionnaire [1]-[4].

What I learned

WE learned more about Corona crisis and its spread in the world. We try to give back our share to the community and share knowledge and exprience we gained. To add, we also improve our programming skills by and creation of deployable solutions (WebApp) which can help in the future.

What's next for goodNeighbor

The goodNeigbor application is in close to an adoption and requires few minor changes to start to work. A few cool features could be:

  • UI/UX improvement
  • Update questions
  • Localization
  • Hosting
  • Instant messaging between members
  • Review system

We are looking for developers who can help me realize our ideas!

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