Pandemic Open Portal

Sample Landing Page (prototype)
Sample work request submission (prototype)

Inspiration

From online articles to YouTube videos of major news networks, the most common theme centered around 'how we are failing' encompasses coordination and communication efforts to our frontline support personnel. Hospitals and their staff are in dire need of help, both human and medical equipment. The current state of our nation-wide resource and response management is disjointed, to say the least. There needs to be an Open Portal that makes it easy for frontline supports and volunteers to make requests and respond accordingly.

The primary goal of this system is speed. The speed of response times is crucial for the current global pandemic. In order to increase the speed of coordination there must be: • A low barrier for entry of users in to the system. • Mitigation of any Personally Identifying Information.

What it does

Gives quick and easy access to frontline personnel and public volunteers to help resolve resource management issues.

How I built it

This is a web application using Microsoft.NET and MS SQL Server for the back-end. JSON APIs will be available to support external system integration.

Challenges I ran into

There is a need to pre-populate the system with common frontline support needs (e.g. inventory of medical equipment).

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I am able to develop this type of solution faster than what is typically the industry standard.

What I learned

There are multiple attempts to address this issue around the nation, but all efforts seems to take time to setup and execute. Speed is going to be the key driver in this project.