HackDocs

HackDocs is your go-to platform for all things health related. From an AI Chat-Bot, to a medicine tracker to provide accessible data to doctors, to a doctor finder, HackDocs has everything you need!

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Inspiration

The inspiration for this project was behind the fact that many people – especially women, face a lot of health problems and are unaware of what resources they have. HackDocs provides all the necessary resources for people to overcome their health issues, or find access to a medical professional for advice.

What it does

HackDocs contains 3 features - 1) An AI Health Chatbot, in which you can ask the ChatBot questions and receive personalized answers about health issues 2) Medicine Tracker – The medicine tracker lets you put in the medicine you take and automatically uses public information to track information regarding the medicine. This tracker enables doctors with an easy access to a patient's medical information. 3) Doctor Finder. Given your medical problem and zip code you enter, you can find a doctor that suits your needs in the area.

How we built it

  • Frontend: The Frontend was built with React and HTML/CSS.
  • Backend: The Backend was built with Express.js and Node.js frameworks, as well as various APIs, including the FDA Drug API, OpenAI API, and Google Places API.
  • Database: We used MongoDB as our database, providing a NoSQL database that allows us to scale this platform and make more changes in the future. ## Challenges we ran into
  • As our team had 3 MacBook and 1 windows users, we ran into compatibility issues with node module versions. Despite 2 hours of debugging, we were unable to find a solution and resorted to using other modules instead that were compatible across windows and macOS. We also ran into issues using the Material UI framework.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • We're proud of finishing this project, despite struggling to debug a single compatibility error for a majority of the project.

What we learned

We learned how to use various new APIs and libraries. This was the first time any of us had created a project with this goal in mind, so it was very rewarding to see the final product after 36 hours of hacking. Not only did we strengthen our teamwork and collaboration skills, but also deepened our expertise of full stack development.

What's next for HackDocs

Next, we hope to publicly deploy HackDocs and scale it, as the platform provides a free and accessible way to get medical help, whether through a chatbot or by linking the user to a medical professional. We also plan to integrate a system that allows any of a patient's doctors to leave their medical report for other doctors to see.

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