Capstone Project - Firecrest Systems Ltd
1. Problem Description/Background: Talk about the background of the project. Why it is needed, what problem is solving in a few paragraphs
Background
Since 2008, Firecrest Systems have been a solution provider in IT services for businesses and organisations around New Zealand, by building software solutions tailored to their needs.
Firecrest Systems also have a growing Point of Care Health department. One of our main modules, used in pharmacies across New Zealand, is the CPAMS programme. This programme is based on using INR Online, an award-winning web-based platform, to manage the treatment of patients on warfarin in pharmacies.
Our latest version of the platform is called POC Health Online which is a fully cloud based system. This has been the introduction of our expanded service in other areas which include our second module, called “Gout Buster”. This is currently being trialled in 13 pharmacies across Counties Manukau DHB to manage the treatment of patients suffering from Gout by regular monitoring of their serum urate level and regulating their allopurinol doses. This is also supported by Arthritis New Zealand.
The Opportunity
During the Covid19 lockdown, while people and organizations around the world had to implement new strategies to allow for flexible work and studies, it also threw into focus the necessity of having digital platforms to allow individuals to connect with their peers, friends, and family.
Alzheimer’s Society Manawatu are currently working on a digital fluency project where they are going to be teaching their members how to use the internet and different devices to get them more familiar and comfortable using digital technologies. Digital fluency is about supporting carers and people with dementia to confidently and effectively use digital technologies to enhance experiences for them and outcomes. For those people living with dementia and who need social interaction and connections in order to continue living independently in our communities means that services being offered by organizations like Alzheimer’s Society Manawatu need to adapt and future proof these services which help to support all those people affected by dementia.
As such, as part of the growing list of Firecrest Systems’ Point of Care Health programmes, we are looking at building an online portal that would enable clients of Alzheimer’s Society Manawatu to stay connected to their peers at the Marion Kennedy Centre, the day programme for those affected with dementia, even if they cannot physically attend, such as in times of lockdown and isolation. This would centralize the information that people suffering from dementia and their carers would benefit from, while also giving them access to different activities to help them stay connected, enabling carers of, and people with dementia to continue to participate in activities by digital connection will minimize the lack of social connection that may occur.
2. Scope: Outline the scope of the project. What is to be done and what is to be excluded. This helps form the boundaries of the project.
The main areas of scope are:
· An easy to use security system that does not rely on passwords.
· Tab to find information such as who to talk to and what resources are available to help them.
· Tab for troubleshooting with instructions on what to do in a certain situation.
· Activity tab with options to upload video and audio recordings such as book readings, for members to view or listen to at their leisure.
· Dial into to Marion Kennedy Centre via video calling
· Digital Diary for logging symptoms such as by clicking on preloaded symptoms on buttons and with questions such as ‘How are you feeling today’ with a sliding scale of 1-10.
Exclusion from scope:
The potential future improvements would be:
- Interactive activities on the portal
- Digital dairy able to be viewed by their GP and a report will be able to be generated
- Ability to call GP through portal
3. Requirements: Outline what the developed product/solution needs to do. Add about a page of detail here. If there are certain tools, key components, or systems that need to be integrated with, outline these as well.
Objective
The primary objective of this project is to develop a portal that will provide dementia sufferers and their carers a way of virtually connecting to their support system and being engaged with the activities when they are physically unable to attend. It will also provide a pathway for people in the early stages of dementia to build their support system early on.
The tools required for this project:
· AWS Lambda
· AWS Cognito
· Amazon RDS
· Amazon DynamoDB
· AWS SNS and SQS notification systems
· Vue.js
· Vue Material kit
· Node.js
· AWS Amplify
• MySQL
• AWS API Gateway
4. Assumptions: Are there any unknowns, things that need to be ironed out before/early on in the project? Is there anything that you are assuming and is important for the project? It can be hard to think of the assumptions, but it worth listing out what you can.
This portal cannot be reliant on password access as this is being built for Dementia sufferers. This is one of the main unknown aspects of this project: How users can securely access the portal without being reliant on passwords.
5. Deliverables:Whatareyouexpectingtobedelivered,andinwhatstate(draft, prototype, production-ready)? Do you require unit tests or a fully worked test plan? What documentation, handover notes, etc.
We are expecting a prototype of the portal with a fully worked out test plan. Documentation required:
▪ Full deployable version of source code
▪ Description of important classes and application layers
▪ Packages required to be installed prior to running code
▪ Instructions to deploy
▪ Known Bugs and limitations
▪ Test documentation for evaluation of prototype
▪ Test Plans for evaluation of prototype
▪ User manuals/Guides - this could be videos or written documents
