MediBot

The health care professional sets a new prescription for the patient.
The patient receives a private DM from MediBot, alerting him/her of the new prescription reminder set by their health care professional.
Whenever it is time for the patient to take their medication, MediBot sends another private DM reminding them to do so.
If the patient doesn't confirm that the medication is taken, the health care professional is alerted.
MediBot can also display a table of the patient's medical information.

Inspiration

Discord is a text and voice communication tool that has quickly grew in popularity. It started out as a communication tool for online gaming and has then shifted its focus over the years to becoming an all-purpose communication tool. With the rise of "Work from home" culture and online socializing, Discord is being used for purposes other than gaming and has turned into a platform that brings entire communities together.

Fast forward a couple of years, I'm imagining a future where health care professionals use Discord and other similar communication platforms as a tool. I built MediBot, a Discord bot, that takes advantage of Discord's powerful functionalities and allows physicians and pharmacists to connect with their patients.

What it does

Allows the health care professional to set a medical prescription reminder for their patients
Sends a private message as a reminder to the patient that it is time to take their medication
Allows the health care professional to keep track of the patient's adherence to the prescription
Gathers medical information about the patient and displays it as a table

How we built it

Bot built with Python + discord.py API
Patient info display functionality built with Matplotlib

Challenges we ran into

Trying to learn discord.py and Matplotlib in a short amount of time
Finding a way to store multiple patients' info
Getting the bot to handle multiple patients' reminders at once

Accomplishments that we're proud of

As an inexperienced coder attending my first hackathon, I'm happy that I was able to get a working prototype!

What we learned

discord.py and Matplotlib

What's next for MediBot

Implementing a database to store patients' information
More customization options for reminders (multiple reminders a day, set helpful images, etc.)
Being able to set more than one prescription to a patient
Further developing the Matplotlib patient info functionality (display a patient's full medical history, plot a patient's medication schedule, plot when the medication will have maximum effect, etc.)