Smart Health Companion: An App for Tracking Diagnoses and Recommending Next Steps

With the overflow of health information online and misinformation in social media, there is a need for a reliable source of consumable health information along with a platform to keep track of medical records. This research project aims to bring a data science approach to the public health and health literacy domain to guide users with reliable health information and enable them to track their medical records. This project aims to build a web-based and mobile dashboard that enables users to enter their medical records like diagnosis values, create to-do lists and reminders, track health progress, and feed medical prescriptions. This project of building customized interactive tools is multi-disciplinary and collaborates with departments like Computer Science, Psychology, Healthcare, and Communication. The results of this research are expected to be a guide for further application development. Moreover, the analysis should be able to help and guide the preparation of user testing questionnaires and focus group/ survey questions for further data collection.