Hack4Health-Transforming the Future of Health Apps

Prototype Requirements: App On The Chat

• Problem Statement:
  • In an era of increasing health consciousness, the market for health and fitness apps has seen exponential growth. However, a common issue persists across these platforms: a cumbersome user interface overloaded with features and data. Our assessment, including an evaluation of our own app, reveals a significant gap between user preferences and app functionalities. As the market embraces smarter, simpler designs and leverages AI for service-driven tasks, there's an opportunity to revolutionise the functionality of health apps.
• Project Requirement:
  
  • Simplification of Health Data Entry for End-Users on App-Supported Care Programs
• Objective:
  
  • Reimagine the user interface of health apps by exploring a chat-based interaction model to streamline the user experience, with a focus on simplifying data entry for users enrolled in app-supported care programs such as Droobi and Smit.fit.
• Feature Requirement:
  • Chat Interface Integration: Develop a user-friendly chatbot interface as the primary mode of interaction for all app functions, ensuring seamless communication between users and the app.
  • Data Capturing: Enable easy entry and tracking of vital health data including weight, blood sugar levels, medicines and daily food logs through intuitive chat-based prompts.
  • Health Insights, Trends and Nudges: Implement features to analyse user data and provide personalized insights, trends, and nudges with simple representations of health parameters to enhance user understanding and motivation.
  • Wearable Integration: Enable seamless integration with wearable devices to capture real-time health data and synchronize it with the app for comprehensive analysis and tracking.
  • CGM and Smart Device Integration: Integrate Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) systems and smart health devices such as weighing scales and glucometers to expand the app's functionality and enhance user convenience.
  • Added Features: Incorporate access to additional features on a standard diabetes management app.
  • Note: Participants are encouraged to think beyond the outlined requirements and propose additional features or enhancements that align with the project's objectives of simplifying health data entry and improving user experience in app-supported care programs. Participants can feel free to use AI tools/API to assist their development.
  • For mobile apps, keep human interface guidelines and material guidelines in mind while development. 
• Evaluation Criteria:
  • User Experience (UX): Intuitiveness and ease of “App On The Chat”, with a focus on accessibility to additional app features.
  • Functionality and Integration: Seamless integration with various health data sources and devices, ensuring accurate data capture.  
  • Innovation and Creativity: Extra points! 
• Submission Guidelines:

  • Prototype Submission: Participants are required to submit a functional prototype of the chat-based health app/web app, showcasing key features and interactions outlined in the project requirement. 

  • Documentation: Product document outlining the features, functionality, tech stack, UI/UX rationale and limitations of the submitted product.

  • Submit via UnStop: The prototype link/build apk along with product documentation (.pdf) can be submitted via UnStop. 
• Evaluation and Final Presentations
  • Evaluation: All the submissions will be assessed and selected ones will move on to the next round where they get to present their functioning prototype to the judges.  
  • Presentation: Participants/Teams have 15 mins to present their functioning prototype to the panel over a video meeting.
• Winners and Internships!  
  • Challenge Winners: Winners will be rewarded with cash prizes and all notable presenters will get internship opportunities.