Relief Applications

MediCal - Voice-Based Medicine Calendar for Chronic Patients

MediCal helps people with chronic diseases follow their treatment by voice, which suits those with limited mobility or visual impairment. We built a voice interface on Alexa and a companion website, so patients can manage their medicine calendar and check their prescription, and share the information with family members and caregivers in real time.

Client
MediCal
When
Sep 2020–Dec 2021
Team
3-4 developers
Services
App development, AI tools
Technologies
Node.js, Alexa SDK, Python, Django, Angular, AWS
Industry
Health
SDGs
3. Good health and well-being

MediCal is a project created by Relief Applications to help people with chronic diseases to follow their treatment. Medical will allow them, using their voice, to monitor their calendar of medicines and access everything they need to know about their prescription: how many pills are left, control if they already took certain medicine, check the secondary effects and share all this information with their family members and caregivers in real time.

Medical is particularly useful for those who lack mobility or are visually impaired: with the use of their voice they have easier access to all the information they need for their medication.

Medical includes also a web platform that can help families and caregivers access all the information about the treatment anywhere.

The challenge

  • Create an easy to follow voice interface
  • Allow the users to introduce all their medicines
  • Communicate to caregivers and families information regarding the treatment

What we did

  • Use of Alexa by Amazon to build a Voice User Interface designed for people with degenerative disorders, and especially the elderly
  • A system with two branches (Alexa Skill and Website) that allows the patient to create and check his medicine calendar
Voice-Based Medicine Calendar for Chronic Patients, MediCal: screen 1

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