AccessHealth is a personalizable healthcare app that will allow users to maintain past/existing health care needs with their provider network, prevent future medical emergencies, and provide a safe place for storing medical records. Using AccessHealth, understanding one’s own health care becomes easier, cheaper, and more timely.
Group: Brigid Lockard, Shane Talley, and Kelsey Morrisson
Presentation: Powerpoint here
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AccessHealth is a handy idea quipped to the typical advice of going to see the doctor. Last night, thinking of a few ongoing, chronic or acute, health conditions, that may be symptoms to larger, more over-arching problems, my primary thought was: "When I go to the doctor, will I be able to remember all of this?" A silly question you might add, but to me, it's all too serious. Once before, I left the doctor's office thinking to myself, "Crap, I forgot to tell them about those reoccurring migraine headaches I've been having," leaving it to the next go-around; this leaves us in a deadly cycle of forgot-this/do-it-later/never-do, rinse-and-repeat.
AccessHealth is brilliant in its pure simplicity of app design and implementation. In the questions phase of the project presentation, everyone - including me - was suggesting additions to the app that were wholly unnecessary; what this app offers - high accessibility of medical documentation and personal notes - is ideal. The simplicity of design is its strong suit, and for this, that is necessary because if the user is confused about how to use an app where their life hinges in the balance, then it is MOST CERTAINLY NOT a good app.
In addition to the app design, it was pleasant to the eye and featured interesting logos; one such logo that if I were to look at it again, I would think, "Hey, that's the AccessHealth logo."
However, while this apps development is strong in many ways, it fails in one minor way that may be covered for later on: it doesn't have computer cross compatibility or cloud sharing abilities nor an innovative solution that pushes it into the next league. Shortly put, this app has no way to distinguish itself from competitors if it were to form into something with money making potential, a la a free app with advertisements or a widely used paid app; and why this could be much more of a problem than expected is that this may stunt the app's growth in the medical industry. With no medical app standard, I doubt medical facilities would widely accept AccessHealth for regular doctor appointments. It'll be disregarded.
Aside from that, the only issues with the project are technical in nature and can be fixed with a dedicated team of seasoned app programmers
Great job on your presentation! I really liked your idea and never knew how expensive getting one's medical files were. The app looks simple and easy to manage, bringing convenience to the user. One thing I noticed is that the app is tailored to new phones with thumbprint scanners. I and many people I know love the simple iPhone 5 and older generations that do not have the thumbprint scanner. However, for the sake of the app, I would replace my old phone with a new one.
One weakness of the app is that there is no website version of it. I know you were focusing on the app version of it, but some people enjoy reading off their computers and laptops rather than their phones. I'm not saying you should add a website for this project, but if you really wanted to take this concept further in the future, building a website version of this app is essential. Overall, everything else seems to look great!
I enjoyed your presentation! Great job! What specifically caught my eye as being its best feature would be the ability to keep not only your medical records but your family's as well. The parental figure can thus keep track of the children's medical records without having to create separate accounts for the children. I'm curious on what would occur with the app when the records were "handed over" when the child was deemed of age. Would the child's medical records be transferred onto his own brand new account or would he be allowed to access his family's old one with some sort of restriction because he is not the owner?
I also appreciated the ability of the app to monitor heart rate and send out warnings. If this could somehow be connected with levels of sugar for diabetics, that would be really cool. Maybe this could be an idea if the company continued to grow.
The average person would probably not use AccessHealth as a way of daily monitoring day to day life, but that feature of the app was not made for a person with average to good health in mind. For someone with a more serious disease; however, such monitoring could be of great advantage. Sure it is one more thing to add to the day, but for someone who needs the day to day data it would be great.
Someone mentioned in class that the final question in the survey should be something positive like "what was the best part of your day?" Although some would say that it is one more question to answer, it is a good way to think about health. Adding just one question as shown above can really improve one's mood. Considering that the people filling out this part of the form would be of lesser health; the question is a nice touch.
I agree with @SeanWilliams that a website would also be a nice touch if the company continued to expand. I do believe it would get enough traffic to eventually justify making it. Some would probably just be more likely to use it on the computer than a phone.
I personally thought that the three of you brainstormed a unique and useful app. I loved the project as a whole, and I thoroughly enjoyed being able to follow along on my phone while you were explaining the app. Some of the aspects of the app that found super helpful would be the personalized daily medications/ health profile. Although I would not use this section everyday, or the app for that fact, it would be a good place to store all my health information whether it be relating to my mental health, my stomach disorder, or my blood disorder. I feel that this app would be a helpful place to keep all my doctors contact information. Additionally, I think if I could keep my latest physical or immunology records on file with easy access it would come in handy when my school or job asks for this information. Also, I would appreciate a place to store my family health history because I constantly find myself unsure of it when seeing different doctors. I think this app would be particularly helpful to parents and individuals with chronic diseases.
A point that was brought up in class that I found interesting and eye-opening was about "data-fying" every aspect of our life. I think for healthy people this would not as appropriate or useful when it comes to a daily health profile. My hope would be if this app becomes successful that individuals would only benefit from it and aspects that would help them in their everyday life.
This was a project that brought up several problems and somehow managed to create a solution for all of them. It calls for a freer medical policy, allows for more accurate health records, keeps real-time data, and even compiles all that data into a helpful, easy-to-use display. The only issues I have with this concept is the security aspects. Yes, the fingerprint scanner and remote wipe are very helpful security tools but it is still possible for hackers to break past those firewalls and steal confidential information. Since there is no way to make digital data completely secure, I feel like many people would not trust this app with medical records. There must be more security features to keep the consumers confident in the protection of their information.
Other than the security problems, there are almost no other problems I can see with this app, which shows how well thought out this idea is. It provides useful tools that can be used practically for chronic illnesses to day to day problems.
An app that stores medical information provides many advantages to people with health issues and doctors. The use of technology in storing medical history allows for quicker and cheaper access to medical records. People would be able to keep up with any chronic illnesses with ease. Not only that, they would also be able to make better decisions about their health based on the information they gather. This grants people the ability to rely more on themselves when it comes to knowing about their health. Because of our nation’s lack of universal healthcare, many people are unable to receive the medical attention they require. The app would allow for people to become more independent from expensive healthcare systems, and would allow for doctors and medical experts to be more accurate when making a diagnosis. Overall, it is a great idea that could be implemented into society.
I commend the app for also taking mental health into account. While many doctors only take into account the physical issues occurring to a patient, mental health can affect the way a person’s body behaves. Stress and depression are two big mental problems that affect the performance of the human body. The app’s ability to store information on the emotion of a patient can allow doctors to see trends that could develop into more serious mental issues.
The app is good for maintaining good health and preventing unhealthy habits from forming. It can also allow for a family to be better informed on medical problems that are happening to a family member. People just need to be precautious about medical problems that may require professional attention. While the app is good for gathering data on a person’s health, interpreting the data requires more knowledge. Another slight problem with the app is that if it does develop to a large entity, large companies would be willing to pay large sums of money for the medical information of the users. Privacy is important, especially for medical information. The app needs a way to guarantee that not just anybody can get access to a person’s medical record. While a password does increase security, eventually, the app would need to take legal measures to make sure it is secure and private.
I believe this app would be more useful for people with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart conditions, asthma, etc. As it stands now, the app takes care of addressing the most general concerns. I can see the app developing and branching out to address specific types of conditions, but that could become far more complicated. Making the app too complicated would get rid of the point which is to make your medical information easier to access. The simplicity of the app is one of its strongest points.
This app presented a solution to the problem of not having medical records at hand. It provided an easy way for people to “access their health” at their fingertips as well as records of any dependents under them. This app would be very useful for a person who has a long medical history or many medical conditions. The tabs in this app were well placed and were easy to understand.
The app had a generic emergency system that was provided. Instead of the emergency going directly to 911, it goes to the primary care physician who can then suggest if the patient needs to come in for a check-up. This generic emergency system would only be used if the person has a minor problem.
The profile page for each person on file was well organized. It included the person’s main medical problem or correction such as glasses, but it did not include the person’s allergy info. This would be necessary on this page in case of emergency. The medical records of a person was neatly organized such as dental or vision. It would be helpful if these records are dated so, that the patient as well as the physician will know when the records were obtained, especially if it is an x-ray.
The security measures on this were great because it was a biometric access. Some states do not allow patients to take their medical records due to security measures, the biometric access on this app will allow for better security and will prevent the records from being stolen.
The EKG tab was a little confusing because I was not sure if it would work if it is connected to an apple watch to track heart rate. If a person has an apple watch, then this tab would be beneficial because a person could track the different changes in heart rate throughout the day and send that information primary care physicians.
The most unique part about this app is that it can store medical records. The other stuff that was included in this app is available to use through other websites or app, but this app brings most components together in one spot, so it is easy to use.
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