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Infographic showing how the front end communicates and draws data from the back end
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Data stored in a MySQL server on Google Cloud, shown graphically using phpmyadmin.
Inspiration
Throughout history and 2020-2021 specifically, healthcare has been proven time and time again that it is paramount to humanity's survival. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated this concept prominently. We noticed that individuals did not have a way to get specific updates from their local clinics, hospitals or other medical-related organizations in real time, leading us to develop a solution of our own.
What it does
Remedy connects healthcare providers and healthcare seekers, allowing providers to give out updates in real time. Providers are able to indicate information of their choosing including but not limited to: whether vaccines out available at their clinic, whether their clinic is open and if it is a walk-in clinic.
How we built it
In order to incorporate our ideas into a full stack application, we utilized React with Bootstrap to develop the front end while also incorporating the Google Maps API using the google-maps-react library. We developed the back end in Node.js which makes calls to the MySQL database on Google Cloud. In order to encrypt the user credentials of healthcare providers we utilized the bcrypt library. In order to dynamically display the information of healthcare providers, we developed several routes to plot Google Map markers and display the according information window.
Challenges we ran into
Due to the fact that it was the first time any of the members of our development team utilized Google Cloud, we had minor issues setting up MySQL on Google Cloud as well as incorporating phpmyadmin to view the data graphically for testing purposes. Furthermore, dynamically mapping the information in JavaScript also caused minor difficulties.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud of the fact that we were able to develop a solution that mitigates issues caused by a social problem that has been prominently plaguing society for the past year.
What we learned
We learned to how to host our MySQL databases on Google Cloud as well as how to set up phpmyadmin. Furthermore, the algorithms we developed for Remedy will no doubt serve useful in the future.
What's next for Remedy
Assuming that our development team were to continue working on Remedy, we would like to incorporate a rating systems for the organizations that use Remedy.
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