Mobile Health App Development for InfoSAGE (FHIR)
InfoSAGE, short for 'Information Sharing Across Generations,' is an innovative web and mobile application created to help families coordinate the care of older adults. The program was created by researchers at the Division of Clinical Informatics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. InfoSAGE allows an older adult, or their proxy, to create a private social network to help coordinate their care. Functions of InfoSAGE include the ability to manage an outpatient medication list, create a task list, and search a list of selected web information resources. We are interested in expanding the InfoSAGE functionality by allowing users to electronically import a medication list after being discharged from the hospital. We plan to expand the InfoSAGE mobile app to connect to electronic medical record systems via FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) to import medications with proper login-authorized access by the patient. FHIR is an international standard that is enabling health data interchange across electronic systems. Future work will involve expanding InfoSAGE to other electronic biometric devices. We are looking for a student to work on mobile app development (Flutter, React Native).
Mobile Apps to Support Patient Social Needs
We are seeking to expand the use of InfoSAGE to support people with socio-economic challenges. To do this, we seek to better understand health disparities and some of the digital divide issues that might be a barrier. This work will involve researching literature to see how we can better collect social determinants of health and use InfoSAGE to refer patients to supportive services. We are looking for a student to work on literature review and content development.
Alicanto™ - A Global Learning and Collaboration Platform
Alicanto™ is a social learning platform that supports online learning communities supported by multimedia content, courses, and online groups. The system can host an on-demand library of learning content, self-paced courses, e-commerce for paid-only courses, group areas for document sharing and discussion areas, and video conferencing that can be used for case discussions or consultation meetings. Alicanto is being used by Harvard area hospitals for global education and for sharing clinical best practices. We are looking for a student to work on web-based software development (PHP, Drupal).
Alicanto Mobile and Web Development
We are currently developing a mobile app that will extend the capabilities of the platform to allow offline viewing of content and more interactive ways for the community to communicate. The mobile app is being developed in React Native for both iOS and Android. An Alicanto Maternal Health website is being established for maternal health centers in Latin America to have access to evidence-based education and best practices. We are looking for a student to work on web development (FHIR, PHP, and Symfony) or mobile app development (React Native).
Alicanto Maternal Health Education
There is a global need to end preventable maternal deaths and to improve maternal and child health. According to a 2016 systematic analysis by the United Nations (UN), approximately 830 women die every day around the world from preventable causes related to pregnancy, and 99% of all maternal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A large and growing body of research suggests that most cases of maternal deaths could be avoided with timely access to quality healthcare. We aim to use Alicanto to educate health care providers and patients on safer approaches to maternal health. We are also developing a database of outcomes for the region. We are particularly interested in studying health disparities in maternal health in low-resource settings. We seek an intern to help in a literature review, the creation of databases for regional outcomes comparisons, and understanding some of the resource challenges in our partner clinics. We are looking for a student to work on literature reviews and content development.