Scribe Bot

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  Scribe Bot

Inspiration

My sister wants to be a doctor and worked as a medical scribe in the emergency room. She told me about how it was her job to ask a set of questions for basic information (history of present illness information) to each patient before the doctor came. I wondered if this step could be automated for efficiency, fewer errors, and less in-person interaction, especially if the patients are all sick with contagions.

What it does

This program acts as a scribe and asks a set of preliminary questions to patients in the flu/viral ward. The history of present illness (HPI) information is collected before the doctor sees the patient.

How we built it

I coded it on GitHub. Then, I ran it on Replit and fixed a few syntax errors.

Challenges we ran into

I wasn't sure what questions to ask, so I asked my sister for help since she's worked as a medical scribe before. I also had to troubleshoot some of the concatenation and inputs. There were also a couple of syntax errors with the double quotes and single quotes for strings and contractions.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm proud that it actually works to collect HPI information. I believe it makes the process more efficient and leaves less room for errors.

What we learned

I learned that in order to create a program that will actually be a help in the real world, I need to research. I started off writing general medical questions. After I showed it to my sister, I realized how my questions were all over the place. I settled for questions specific to flu/viral patients.

What's next for Scribe Bot

I want to create different sets of questions for different situations! There are also HPI questions to ask for respiratory patients, patients sustaining injuries, and patients experiencing chest pain. I believe if I use a conditional statement, I can allow Scribe Bot to have multiple functions outside of just flu/viral data collecting.

Built With

• python