PreScribe

The Desktop "Add Prescription" view
Initial notifications for registering with the service
A text reminder to take your medication

Inspiration

The idea for the project comes from trying to solve one of the biggest problems in modern pharmacy, which is medication adherence.

What it does

We have a web application that takes inputs from a pharmacist on the instructions for their medication, and it sends automated text reminders for when to take the medication and stores it in a database that the pharmacist can view.

How we built it

We built this application in HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Node.js and Email.js). We took in HTML elements, concatted them through JavaScript, and sent them to the Node Email.js server to use the Gmail API to send out emails that rerouted as text messages.

Challenges we ran into

I originally tried using Twilio and Node.js, and wasted a lot of time learning that just to scrap it. We also experimented with a bunch of solutions for text notifications, which also wasted a lot of time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Fully working text notifications and timed reminders!

What we learned

How to use Email.js, how to use Node.js, how to use Google APIs

What's next for PreScribe

SIG code integration Refill Remaining Alerts -Sends out a notification that it is time to contact their doctor -Send a notification that request was sent by pharmacy (in the event electronic requests are part of another system) Prior Authorization Status Notifications -Convert FAX to digital format Optical Character Reading (OCR) to decide approval status and update patient via notification Add a fully fledged server backend - in SQL with MongoDB PreScribe App