Zindagi

To aid those with low technical proficiency or who are not used to MyChart, Project Zindagi presents a Google Chrome extension that walks through MyChart to guide patients through how to use it

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Inspiration

Since the global COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives to a great extent (and has also taken the lives of people we know), Track 3 (Patient adherence and quality care during a global pandemic) was of great interest to us. We are eager to aid healthcare providers and professionals in helping patients navigate web interfaces.

Furthermore, both of us love tutoring and teaching people, so building a solution that tutors and teaches patients to use a web interface just seems natural for us to choose!

What it does

In short, Zindagi is a Google Chrome extension that, once installed, will guide a user through the login page all the way through to the dashboard inside. The scope of our work is very limited, as it would be a massive undertaking to fill the entire system with notes and Javascript effects! As such, the purpose of what we are turning in is to demonstrate the basics of the system and how they can be easily built upon!

How we built it

The project consists 90% of Javascript, 4% of HTML, 4% of CSS, and 2% of JSON. We created a manifest.json file as well as several JavaScript files that modify the HTML code of the MyChart pages. In this manner, we guide users through the MyChart interface. Here is the link to the MyChart page: https://mychart.healthsystem.virginia.edu/Mychart/default.asp?

Challenges we ran into

On the technical side, we struggled with handling URL redirects and ensuring that the Chrome extension still stays constant throughout those transitions. Furthermore, JavaScript is not a strong suit for either of us. We came into this hackathon prepared to create a solution to help alleviate mental health issues, but after hearing the problem pitches from Johns Hopkins University Telemedicine, we decided to just embrace the challenge and adventure of learning something new: Creating browser extensions!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of the fact that we pulled through, even when we were not sure what we were doing or if we would figure things out in time. We are also pleased to have created a solution that could be a big help to the healthcare industry, as well as to all the patients around the country and world who would benefit from such technology.

What we learned

We learned a lot about current needs in healthcare (which we both hope to work towards improving in the future, in some way), as well as how difficult it is to navigate MyChart! On the Technical side, we learned a lot about JavaScript too.

What's next for Zindagi

Honestly, we would love to see this idea adopted not just for MyChart but for platforms such as TeleHealth that patients may find hard to navigate. Technical next steps include loading audio renditions of the displayed text, which could even be translated into different languages so that those who are not proficient in English can navigate these systems.

While we may not be the most technologically savvy people at this hackathon, we really hope that someone in industry will take note of this idea and run with it, because we would love to see it implemented in the real world!!! Browser extensions are very lightweight, and once users have them, they can simply turn the extensions on or off depending on when they need the help or not!

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