WhachaCallit Med

Making medical information more accessible and understandable to patients.

Our Pitch Video

Overview

“I truly believe that patients have the power to influence the future of health care - The moment that patients really understand their important and vital role in this healthcare transformation, they become the leading force.” Larisa A., Patient Champion Health Hack 2020

The Challenge

Patients often struggle with specialized terminology and the sheer amount of information available on their health conditions – e.g. medical reports, research papers, studies, treatment brochures ...

Key challenges patients commonly encounter:

• Text is complicated and too long
• Special terminology is not understandable
• The text is not easily accessible (readability, unknown language, small fonts, too narrow etc.)
• Source and credibility of information is unknown

Our Vision

A solution to help patients navigate through the often complex and confusing world of medical information. Help patients to be empowered to manage their disease and make informed decisions with their care teams.

On top, caregivers, family and friends supporting their loved ones on their journey have a tool at hand that they can use or recommend as a trusted source

Demo

Here's a short demo video to see it in action:

Technical Solution

A short talk on the technical solution and what works already today, and what we intend to do in the future:

Solution Architecture Overview

We use a combination of Open-Source and Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services for this.

• Automatic Text Summarization with Machine Learning — An overview
• Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services: Introducing Text Analytics for health
• Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services: Immersive Reader
• Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Try it yourself

Please go to (https://aka.ms/healthhack-jargon) to see our demo application. You can even try it with your own (medical) PDF documents.

Contact the team

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