Parami

Inspiration

If you aren't a medical professional, chances are you have had an encounter with at least one or two things you didn't understand on your medical visit. Aside from that, you probably looked up your symptoms on WebMD and came to the conclusion that you might have cancer while there was another much more plausible explanation.

Today, patients having access to more information than ever, however, the disconnect between patients and doctors remains. On average, a doctor (who faces burnout and a stacked schedule) would interrupt a patient from listing their symptoms in just 18 seconds. Aside from that only 33% of doctors let their patients finish listing their symptoms. That said it is important that patients are prepared to articulate their symptoms to their doctors, and therefore make the most of their time with their doctor.

Today, there had been a tremendous effort in helping doctors communicating better with patients. However, there is little attention devoted to helping patients communicate better with their doctors and make the most of their visit. Parami could help fill this missing piece.

What it does

Our app has three main features that are designed to facilitate patients’ experiences with primary checkups: symptom tracker, patient education, and doctor prescription. With a symptom tracker, patients could open up the calendar and see clearly their agenda for the month. If they have reported any pain or symptoms for the day, a little yellow star will show up on the top left. If a patient has to take a prescription for a period of time, the days will be marked pink. And lastly, a blue circle will show up if the patient has an appointment with the doctor. With patient education, patients are able to tap on any medical jargon that appears in the app and be linked to the information page to learn about the drug, the disease, and other medical terms. With doctor prescription, we are envisioning a doctor portal where doctors or their assistants can send prescriptions directly to the system that will be automatically updated for the patient in their task boards.

How we built it

In Hack@Brown 2021, the team focuses on building an intuitive design for patients to interact with their health records and receive personalized notifications and data insights. We built this design in Figma (which is provided in the DevPost.)

Challenges we ran into

One challenge we ran into was ensuring that the app design was as intuitive as possible. In order to face this challenge, we look at other popular apps and implemented similar features (such as the Hamburger Menu located on the top-right corner of the screen).

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Over the course of a day, we finished the design component of our application and develop a good base design for our patient interface.

What we learned

We learned how to use Figma and add different page elements to make the app more seamless and intuitive to use. We also developed a method of making patient records, symptom tracking, and education modules aesthetically pleasing.

What's next for Parami

We are joining an accelerator program called Hatch-Health at Brown. Through this program, we would continue to develop the back-end server and develop a parsing algorithm for the myPrivia network records. We would also get in touch with mentors in the healthcare field to gauge market interest.

Built With

• figma