Fall 2023 INFO-I300 \ Reece-3

Medassist: Healthcare

We initially began our project focusing on language barriers in the healthcare system. While this problem is still relevant to our design process, our primary research told us that there were other issues that needed attention first. Our project has evolved to become a tool that strives for holistic care. Ranging from a medical records application to an app with a built-in medical translator, the application will provide all-around patient care in a system that often lacks it. In an era of complicated and inaccessible healthcare, this app could combat some of the barriers people face to get the care they need.

Project People

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Our Project

Our project focuses mainly on the patient rather than the healthcare professional. Our primary research informed this decision. Generally speaking, patients desire more change in the healthcare system than the medical professionals with whom we spoke.

On the initial opening of the application, users are asked to input their language preferences, allow location services, and input their insurance information so that the application can recommend doctors and provide translations and medical information in patients' own language. We utilized Figma to create an application prototype. While our prototype does not change languages, our hope that is in the future, the application will be fully functional. The application also serves as a way for patients to check in to medical appointments, using a QR code built in the app. If the application were to be adopted in real medical settings, there would also be a way for doctor's to utilize the app. When patients check in, their language preferences would be sent to the doctors and the correct exam room. The exam room would have a camera that would record and translate the medical visit to give to the patient.

There are also many other features of the app that aim for holistic patient care such as an AI-powered chat-bot, in any language, that could answer medical questions.

Big Points

Utilized by patients, regardless of background
Mobile device application
Opportunity for medical setting integration and professional use
Translation & transcriptions, appointment booking, AI medical chat-bot, patient history, prescription information

Team Members Email the Team

Medassist: Healthcare has 4 members.

Stella Behforouz

A Junior at Indiana University, Stella Behforouz is studying Media Science with a concentration in Persuasion and Behavior. She intends to minor in Spanish, International Studies, and Human-Centered Computing. Stella is a curious risk-taker passionate about exploring the world and discovering humans' place in it.

sbehforo@iu.edu

Ryan Mcdaniel

I am a junior at Indiana University Bloomington from the Northwest Indiana area studying Informatics in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, as well as pursuing a minor in Criminal Justice from the College of Arts and Sciences. I am currently involved in the Indiana University Police Cadet Officer Program, a pivotal step in my journey toward a career in law enforcement, with a specific aim toward the federal sector.

rlmcdani@iu.edu

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