abstract:
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online platform & mobile application for vets, pet owners, biologists & researchers in the medical field
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people can post cases
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people can tick symptoms, and the platform-hosted database can assist in narrowing down the diagnosis
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other people can request data
- basics, like name, age, breed, relevant medical history, etc.
- habitat (mostly indoors, mostly outdoors - on-leash / unleashed)
- before and now, breathing, skin, etc
- vaccinations received, deworming, etc
- pictures, recovery progress, stats, etc.
- defficiency checks that can be done by the owners
- contact information
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people can propose a solution, other people can upvote a proposed solution or post their own.
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people can view case map relative to their location
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people can view veterinary spots in maps relative to their location
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contributed in xyz amount of cases, with xyz success rate
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backed by a network of active veterenaries
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backed by paid people who follow-up on cases.
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people can donate on a monthly basis for the non-profit
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use machine-learning to track-down / narrow-down diagnosis
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use machine-learning to display similar / related cases
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not limited to dogs and cats, if zoo's & zookeepers are involved the range of covered species will be much broader.
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ie: the distemper disease is present in ferrets, wolves and dogs alike. it's great if owners of these animals can collaborate on a single network.
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people can also publicize medical records of their animals, and the platform can also allow researchers to use these records for research purposes - formatting it in an easily useable data like excel / json / etc.
https://github.com/beamandrew/medical-data
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms5212/figures/1
- compilation of medical databases to be made available / indexed for researchers.