The Health Records Challenge of 2015

The Health Record for 2015 Challenge requested that a cost-effective, platform-agnostic electronic health record system be conceived to enable patient fill in registration information themselves on a tablet. The caveat was that such liberty given to patient must not compromise database security or integrity. 

A simple solution to this challenge, as conceived by me is as follow:

1. The back end of the database is Apache server and MySQL. PostgreSQL is an alternative option. For this experiment, I used XAMPP combo. 

2. The front end of the database is html pages interacting with the server through PHP. 

3. Now the tricky part is bringing in the tablet interface to input the data. A simple solution is to use VNC apps communicating via WiFi to 'share' desktop interface. This is like extending a longer hand to the patient to work on the desktop using the computer. The privileges set for the desktop is what is assessed. 

The attached video is a demo of this simple concept:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JmRUOj-nyw0