WeMunization (WeMu)

Inspiration

WeMu addresses two significant problems with the healthcare system in British Columbia:

Responses to crises are reactive as a result of disparate and isolated systems
The healthcare system is seasonally overloaded, even before the onset of the current covid crisis.

What it does

WeMu is a chatbot and distributed database system for accessible and reliable vaccination information.

How We built it

We are incredibly proud of having created an end-to-end system, connecting our form and chatbot, being served through a Firebase backend, with an instance of a blockchain.

Front-End

Web3
React

Back-End

Firebase

Chatbot

Kommunicate
Dialogflow

Blockchain

Web3
Truffle
Solidity

Data Analysis: https://youtu.be/mRP7F-0mNWI

Challenges I ran into

We ran into many challenges throughout this hack, as for three out of the four members, it was our first hackathon. Some specific challenges we overcame:

Connecting our chatbot to Firebase functions
Writing and reading data from our Blockchain instance
QR integration with Firebase backend

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Some specific achievements include:

Creating an end-to-end system that connects our form and chatbot, being served through a Firebase backend, with an instance of a blockchain
Doing our first hackathon
First time using Blockchain frameworks such as Web3 and Truffle
Deploying a Firebase functions app as the backend for our application
Reading and writing data from a blockchain from both the front- and back-end
Creating a working hack that addresses a specific issue in the healthcare system

What I learned

Front-End

Web3
React

Back-End

Firebase Chatbot
Kommunicate
Dialogflow

Blockchain

Web3
Truffle
Solidity

What's next for WeMu

Make WeMu multi-lingual (support Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese)
Easy to use API for data manipulation and analysis off of the blockchain
We believe such an architecture has the potential to truly create a big Data environment for health officials to proactively make public health decisions
The small problem of vaccination information can be expanded to the overarching issue of patient data management in the healthcare industry
Implement a "Pay what feels fair" Model

Data Analysis Use Case: https://youtu.be/mRP7F-0mNWI