Problem space:

• Helping patients (or the layperson) to quickly access the definition of medical terminology without leaving the webpage, simply through highlighting the term in question
• Handling misinformation, by providing suggested reading when longer portions of HTML text are highlighted

Impact:

Through building this tool as a browser extension, we provide far greater accessibility of information for users (i.e. patients) reading quickly across various medical sources - all the medical jargon that needs to be put in laymans terms is highlighted, with the definition returned in an instant, in the same page. There is no complicated technical explanation that underpins succesful use by a patient, they simply download the extension in their browser and begin highlighting whatever jargon they want simplified. This simple, intuitive user experience allows absolutely anyone to investigate information relating to given medical conditions with ease. The simplicity of the UX with this tool is even more important when we consider the fact that the elderly are prone to more health conditions (that they naturally wish to know more about) but may have a challenging time understanding complicated tools and technologies that serve a similar purpose. With Jargone we've removed that barrier, putting ease-of-use first. Our tool also aims to handle misinformation and facilitate a more informed decision making process for patients by providing suggested reading material from trusted sources; a must-have in the age of misinformation.

Technology:

JavaScript in the front-end (for the Chrome extension), Python (along with various libraries) for the backend pre-processing, as well as Microsoft Azure services for server hosting. The Python back-end processes JSON data sent from chrome extension and returns a suggested article generated by our neural network model trained on more than 6k PubMed articles on cancer. The chrome extension itself is connected to Merriam-Webster Medical dictionary. Our demo demonstrates the reaction speed of both features. Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbdzcp31CLI

Built With

• azure
• javascript
• python