Snap MD

Inspiration

• 9,730 people will die of melanoma in 2017
• Poorer patients are at higher risk
• These deaths are preventable

What it does

• Tool for clinicians AND patients
• Track and analyze lesions over time via fractal geometry and image processing
• HIPAA compliant

How we built it

• Sketchware, with Genymotion as an Android Emulator
• iOS Version can be coded with Swift as well as with XCode

Challenges we ran into

• Ensuring HIPAA compliance
• Determining which language/platform would be best for this application
• Incentivizing patients to consistently keep up with doctors requests

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Designing an organized, secure, and useful tool that will aid in early prevention of melanoma
• Using Sketchware (a tool that our team wasn't familiar with) to build our demo
• Finding a method to facilitate data transfer between our application and EHRs
• Realizing that healthcare providers would be interested in providing incentives for patients to use our app

What we learned

• How to ensure our app is HIPAA compliant and secure through truevaults API
• How to pitch our idea in a clear and concise manner

What's next for Snap MD

• Develop the iOS/Android app
• Develop the algorithms required to analyze and formatthe images captured
• Work with dermatologists to ensure their needs are met
• Pitch to healthcare executives to get them on board with incentivizing patients
• Scale the application beyond melanoma prevention; we can provide analytic tools and image storage for bedsores, surgical sites, and anything else doctors take photos of
• Market directly to hospitals for use in inpatient care

Built With

• redox
• sketchware
• swift
• truevault
• xcode