Around the world, over 50% of the people lack access to essential health services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank. To help this problem by preventing the worsening of medical conditions around the world, we created MedMatch. This website is for connecting people who need professional advice, diagnosis, or even treatment from licensed professionals, like doctors. These patients likely do not have access or the financial means to get professional help. Our website allows both patients who need help and doctors who want to do nonprofit work to sign up. After the account is created, using Google Maps and a location tracker, patients can connect with doctors near their area. Similarly, medical professionals can input their location and view patients who need care near their area. Doctors can then choose to advise patients via email and even choose to meet up with patients in person to treat or help them.
We mostly used HTML to make our website. We also used CSS and JavaScript for other minor details. We could not run the full code on my Mac because there was a problem with using node.js. We instead just opened individual windows for our demo.
With more time and the correct resources, we believe our idea has the potential to benefit many people. Also, when doing our research, we came across many similar websites and applications with the ability to chat with medical professionals 24/7, but we found that none of them integrated a way to meet professionals in person. According to a peer-reviewed study done National Institutes of Health, out of the 1226 participants who completed the questionnaire, 865 (71%) preferred in-person visits, while 361 (29%) preferred telemedicine. Thus, integrating an effective way to connect with professionals would benefit the general population. With collaborations with others, we believe we can bring our website into full force and ensure people are getting the help they need.
For next time, we would plan more so we can properly execute our code and make sure it works. As stated before, MedMatch should collaborate with other websites to enable a chatting mechanism and a better tracking mechanism.
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