Check out our application here: https://telemedicine-application.web.app/
For testing purposes, please use email: [email protected] password: test123
This project was designed as a Senior Project for Kennesaw State University for Spring Semester 2020.
Group Members: Tyler Odom, Rohan Desai, Ronak Desai, Leo Hayes, Juan Huaca
This application was designed to be used as an online web portal for patients and doctors to create appointments for online doctor visits.The application serves the following purposes:
User authentication is handled through Google Auth. Patients can register a new account with an email and password. Doctors can register with their email and password, and then contact a database administrator to change their status to a doctor. No two users can have the same account, and credentials must be authenticated with Google in order to gain access to the application. Both patients and doctors can also request for a password reset through the provided Google Auth link.
Both patients and doctors can create appointments with one another. Doctors can only create appointments with patients, and patients can only create appointments with doctors. This is to ensure our project is being used for the right purposes. Appointments can be cancelled at anytime, by either the initial sender or receiver. Cancelled voids the option for video chat, but keeps the option open for text chat. Appointments are automatically deleted by the server by the next day. Cancelled appointments still show after they are cancelled, and are deleted along with the outdated appointments.
Text chat is handled sychronously by Google Firebase between the doctor and the patient. They are ordered by ascending time, and can only be seen by the respective parties. Patients can only communicate with the doctors they've made appointments with, to ensure our project is being used for the right reasons. Doctors can talk to patients and other doctors. Unlike appointments, chats are not automatically deleted after a set time.
Video chat is handled by Agar.io, which allows a computer to send a video and audio feed to another computer. When an appointment is created, so is a room that only allows the patient and doctor access to that specific room.
File Uploads allow for patients to upload their own files which can be viewed by Doctors. Doctors also have their own file storage. Files can be sent from Doctors to patients' personal file folders for them to view later. Only a patient can see their respective uploads.
The components used for this project, and their purpose, are as following:
- Typescript for backend programming function
- HTML and JS for frontend web design
- Google Auth for user authentication
- Google Firebase for appointments and chats
- Angular CLI Version 8.3.22
- Agora.io for online video hosting
Follow the directions below to run the project. Alternatively, you can interact with our project without use of programming at https://telemedicine-application.web.app/.
In order to run the project, first navigate to the working directory that contains the project. Inside of there, you should open up a terminal and run the commands 'npm install' and wait for the installation to finish. After the program has been installed, you can run the program on your computer with the command 'ng serve.' Afterwards, navigate to http://localhost:4200/ to see the project. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.