LocalHealth

Inspiration

Remembering and accessing medical records is a challenge for both patients and medical professionals in and around nursing home facilities. Despite our medical technology advancing at very rapid rates, some departments, like this one, are lagging behind due to unchanging ways in an ever changing world. Keeping records on paper of every resident is common practice in the nursing home world, which can make organization difficult and more time consuming . Having a simply designed, easily accessed medical file for keeping track of the appropriate times, dates and dosages of the patient's medication is a critical part of this line of work.

What it does

A general understanding of each resident’s medical history is key to providing the appropriate care. LocalHealth would swiftly take care of this issue by providing easy to access, appropriate information, all of which can be easily pulled from a database with the scan of a chip implanted inside of the LocalHealth wristband. After scanning the wristband with the LocalHealth app, an easy to read, basic medical file for the appropriate resident appears on the caregivers smartphone. On their file we can read about their food allergies, medical conditions and most importantly, their schedule for intaking medication. When tapping on a specific date, the caregiver can see a list of medications that the patient might need to take, as well as having the ability to put a checkmark to indicate that they have administered the appropriate medication at the appropriate time. This makes it easy for the caregivers' coworkers to ensure that their residents are well taken care of.

How we built it

We started off by brainstorming bracelet concepts as well as app logos, using Onshape and Medibang Paint, respectively. The wristband tag CAD was exported as an .stl file and converted to .gcode so it could be 3D printed using Bitcamp’s printers. While the physical side of our project was being conceptualized and discussed, another part of our time started working on the app development, creating our app’s system paths and display using Flutter. We also researched relevant examples of the possible patient files that nurses might encounter while using LocalHealth the application Wristband design features include a slit in the tag for the microchip, holes for a band to tie the tag to the patient’s wrist, and rounded edges to reduce chafing. The prototype band is made from tape folded over itself to increase durability. Our example patient, John Doe, has his name engraved onto the 3D printed tag. Due to the low volume of filament used to print these tags, production is fast and inexpensive.

Hardware

The app can be used on smartphones to scan the physical wristband that a patient wears. The wristband prototype was created with the CAD software Onshape and craft materials provided by Bitcamp.

A finalized model of the LocalHealth wristband would include a microchip inside the tag sleeve and a more easily adjustable wrist strap, like that of a watch.

Software

App development was created using flutter. We imbedded the platform view within flutter that integrates a QR scanner that works both with Android and iOS. App development was created using flutter.

What we learned

-Figured out how to navigate Flutter -Common medical conditions for the elderly and their respective treatments/medications -How to put text on 3D printed CADs, change letter size and position -Experimented with Arduino, Python, and sensors and learned some of the ways to connect them

Built With

• firestore
• flutter;
• github;
• medibangpaint
• onshape;