Aditya Rai
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2023

MediSync

Public hospitals that see the sickest patients first

What happened

National finalist at Smart India Hackathon 2023, top 6 of 500 teams.

Smart India Hackathon 2023 grand finale, finalists on stage at VVCE

Try it: the OPD queue

Sample data

Switch the queue from arrival order to severity and watch who gets seen first.

Dr. Rao: in since 09:12, confirmed by RFID, camera and Wi-Fi

  1. 1Routine BP checkPatient 1, arrived 08:052/10
  2. 2Prescription refillPatient 2, arrived 08:121/10
  3. 3Fever for 3 daysPatient 3, arrived 08:205/10
  4. 4Chest pain, breathlessPatient 4, arrived 08:319/10
  5. 5Sprained anklePatient 5, arrived 08:403/10

Seen first: Routine BP check, because they arrived first.

Where it started

Smart India Hackathon 2023 set a problem: doctor availability and appointment allocation in public hospitals. Our team started by interviewing doctors and patients at a government hospital instead of opening an editor.

What we heard

Two things kept coming up. Patients travel to a hospital without knowing whether the doctor they need is actually there. And once they arrive, a person in real distress waits in the same queue as a routine check-up.

What we built

A government portal registers hospitals. A hospital portal schedules doctors, tracks beds, and confirms that doctors are present using three independent signals: RFID cards, face recognition on existing CCTV, and Wi-Fi presence. Patients register with their symptoms, and an AI severity index orders the appointment queue so the sickest are seen first. Disease-trend maps help health authorities spot outbreak hotspots early.

My part

I led all the user research and pitched the product to the juries, and I wrote code across all four portals.

What happened

We reached the national grand finale at VVCE as one of the top 6 teams out of 500.

What I'd do next

Test the severity score with clinicians on real triage notes before trusting it with a queue, and start with one hospital's OPD instead of four portals at once.