This project is in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). CDPHE aims to create an interactive, dynamic tool that guides foodborne outbreak investigators through building a tailored outbreak questionnaire. With this tool, investigators will have rapid access to a large, curated database of questionnaire modules, which they can navigate through using a guided, web-based interface to efficiently build a questionnaire that is specific to their outbreak scenario. I will be building a prototype of this tool that CDPHE plans to include in an upcoming grant application to leverage CDC funding to build the full-fledged product.
Currently, foodborne outbreak investigators must hand-roll tailored questionnaires using tools like Word or a non-UX-y CDC tool.
Using Epi-Ready Questionnaire Builder, investigators will now have access to the largest and compelte set of questionnaires and can easily create a questionnaire in minutes. The tool will export the finalized questionnaire as both a printable questionnaire and a version that can be imported to create an Epi Info 7 form and database.
What is your MVP? Be very specific about what pieces of functionality will be in place.
Must have MVP:
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JavaScript/jQuery frontend where a user can input options, application will fetch data for corresponding questions, and user can select desired questions.
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Rails backend will hold database structure and have JSON endpoints. Queries will be made to a seeded database of sample questions from CDPHE.
Hope to reach (beyond my initial MVP):
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Implement a web to printable (PDF/Word) function
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Implement compatability with CDC's Epi Info tool
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Implement OCR where a user can upload a restaurant menu in order to select menu items to create questions
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Implement machine learning in conjunction with OCR where the app will create the questions for the user
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Implement an admin interface
Local and State Health Department foodborne outbreak investigators
- JavaScript/jQuery frontend
- Drag and Drop functionality
- Converting to PDF/Word documents
- OCR
You must have at least 5 of the first user stories for you app up on your board in order for this to be approved. We recommend referencing the user stories provided in Quantified Self for great examples.
- Link to board:
See below comment.
