Inventor: Charlie Artingstoll
MyMedGuide is a digitalised medical guidelines platform for healthcare workers in low-resource settings. Currently such guidelines are either only available in paper form, or can be difficult to find online. While many are based on the WHO guidelines, they are usually then adapted for the local country and the local setting.
Originally developed to meet the needs of a Medical Action Myanmar, and soon to be deployed in Uganda in hospitals and rural clinics, the MyMedGuide platform can be used by any health organisation anywhere in the world.
By making guidance searchable, structured, and esier to use offline or in low-connectivity environments, MyMedGuide helps frontline staff access the information they need quickly, improving consistency in decision-making and reducing the risk of avoidable mistreatment.
MyMedGuide is designed to create a single point of storage where a healthcare provider can place all of their current medical guidelines.
Offline, you can download it to your phone, laptop, or tablet. This allows you to view and navigate the guideline using the search function and use medical calculators.
Online, it lets you use AI to search the guidelines for useful information—for example, if a patient has XYZ, how should I treat them. The AI is designed so that it only quotes information directly from the guideline documents, ensuring accurate information is presented without hallucinations.
The application is not healthcare-specific, so may well be applicable to a range of other uses, from lesson plans for teachers to legal advice. Fundamentally it is an information management platform designed for low-resource settings.
Therefore the challenge for the i-Team is twofold – firstly to investigate the need for MyMedGuide among healthcare providers, and secondly to explore other possible applications of the system in low and middle income countries.