symptoms stat

Rare diseases can present with unusual combinations of symptoms that elude diagnosis for months or years.  In an effort to pinpoint symptoms and look for patterns, clinicians often ask patients to keep a symptom diary.  Although a symptom diary is an effective way to capture meaningful details, it is time-consuming and puts additional burden on already ill patients.  Symptoms stat will allow patients to easily enter symptoms in real time via mobile device. Using a combination of checklists and radio buttons, symptoms stat will guide the user through an intuitive interface to quickly enter specific symptoms.  This information will be time-stamped to create a digital diary that can be used to reach a diagnosis and treatment plan.  Symptoms stat will allow patients to send their anonymized data to clinician and researchers around the world.

In progress. Will include number of patients with access to mobile device as this affects the solution.

Symptoms stat transforms any mobile device into a powerful tool to capture symptoms in real time.

Using a combination of checklists, radio buttons and search capabilities, symptom stat allows patients to quickly enter their symptoms.  As symptoms are entered over time, the tool will create graphical summaries such as severity scores over time, number of times a symptom occurs, calculate time between occurrences, and rank symptoms.  Symptoms stat will also allow upload to a secure cloud storage so that patients can share this data with their healthcare team.  Since many patients do not have access to healthcare, this data can be sent to a specialist anywhere in the world for review.

As mentioned, many patients do not have access to specialized healthcare and may not know where to begin to search for answers.  Having a tool such as symptoms stat that can be used from any mobile device addresses these two challenges.  The intuitive format allows them to quickly begin documenting their symptoms; in addition, the tool’s ability to quickly summarize and analyze trends in the digital diary allows those without access to healthcare to get this data to a specialist. 

Globally, electricity and internet access are not guaranteed.  A mobile device is often the only reliable tool patients have to gather and send information.

Gathering data that can lead to a diagnosis and treatment plan is a hurdle that many patients face. Symptoms stat helps patients with rare disease by making the process of tracking symptoms fast, intuitive and easy.  The tool’s ability to quickly summarize data and detect patterns helps patients receive a correct diagnosis and treatment plan faster.

Symptoms stat is a concept and I need to find an app developer to create a prototype.

just me, lol

To be honest, I need to get help to get Symptoms stat "off the ground".  I believe it can help patients but don't have the funds to hire an app developer.  I am fortunate to have a background in math and an attitude that mirrors Thomas Edison's. But I need an app developer and a group of patients to provide feedback on the prototype.

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