InForMed

InForMed explores different types of medical practices. Too often, one practice is highly valued while others are overlooked. InForMed opens avenues for more options. Be informed with InForMed!

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Inspiration

Sometimes, I have found cures outside of conventional medicine to be more effective for my health problems and my family. I wish I knew more about practices outside of traditional medicine that, with consultation, I can use for helping/cure medical problems.

I would also wish that everyone, in general, knows about the existence of these medicines and is able to explore more options for treatment with their various doctors. Sometimes, treatments outside of conventional medicine are more effective in time and money for the patient.

What it does

This takes any illness/disease and mentions the following 6 ways to help/cure it:

  • Ayurveda
  • Homeopathy
  • Conventional/Western Medicine
  • Oriental Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine):
  • Naturopathy
  • Traditional Medicine

For each of the remedies, we get the following information:

  • Method name
  • one common remedy for that method
  • Potency (how much at a time)
  • Dosage (how many times)
  • Duration (over what time period)
  • Is a prescription required

How I built it

I scraped the treatment methods from ChatGPT and arranged them into a table. I then took the method or remedies that one would like to know more about and asked further questions, to be printed into a paragraph.

Challenges I ran into

  • I had no idea how to use an API to scrape data
  • I had no experience in building a front-end
  • Getting Streamlit in Python to get the paragraph delving into the specifics of a treatment

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

  • I got the API to work
  • learned to make a rudimentary front end that displays the results I would like to have
  • Getting all outputs in Python code even if they were not displayed on the website.
  • Learned Streamlit in Python

What I learned

  • Learned Streamlit in Python
  • Learned OpenAi API
  • Learned basic Javascript, React

What's next for InForMed

  • Printing out the paragraph
  • Getting average costs of the medicine in the searcher's location
  • Getting locations/distances of the particular practitioners of each medical practice type in the vicinity of the searcher

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