Challenge Cancer is a mobile application which aims to reduce the risk of cancer among women by raising awareness through focused information from healthfinder.gov.

It also provides tools like risk assessment calculator, step-by-step guide for reducing risk, access to latest publications & workshops, expert advice on nutrition & physical activity, keeping track of doctor visits & medication adherence.

This application is co-designed with the help of healthtechhatch.com crowd funding platform.

Challenge Cancer

Profile

To begin with, users would be prompted to put in some basic information such as age, height & ethnicity about themselves or for the person they are interested in to find relevant information.

Information is filtered based on the type of cancer selected.

Switching between cancer types is made simple by rotating the wheel interface. Users can also shake the phone to let the app decide on a type of cancer by automatically rotating the wheel.

Step-by-Step guide provides an easy navigation

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Risk Assessment

2. Learn to Reduce Risk

3. Screening Techniques

4. Treatment Options

5. Next Steps & Action

Services

The app offers the following list of services focused on women. It also provides an easy interface to share information through email and social networks:

Workshops, are offered free of charge. Users can listen in live over the phone or offline through recorded webcast.

Publications, written by experts these easy to read booklets and fact sheets provide reliable information.

Counseling, learn from professionals new ways to cope with cancer, improve communication with healthcare team, manage financial challenges, etc.

Support Groups, connect with others in groups via online, telephone and face-to-face.

Nutrition, expert advice on diet, exercise and physical activity to lead a cancer free life style.

News, latest news on trending stories on cancer from all over the world.

Services Cont...

Workshops Publications Counseling Groups News

Find Nearby

The app uses phones geo location capabilities to locate nearby: Events

Doctors

Healthcare Providers

Health Centers

My Health

My Health aims to aggregate all your medical records electronically and thus providing the power of health IT on your finger tips.We are partnering with Aetna to integrate the following electronic services into this application:

Doctor Visits

Medications

Vitals

Allergies

Appointments

Insurance

Co-Design

Challenge Cancer was one of the earliest adopter of HealthTechHatch co-design platform.

We have created multiple test versions based on the feedback and comments we received.

We would like to thank each and every one of the testers who have taken our questionnaire or stopped by our project to provide their feedback

https://www.healthtechhatch.com/project/healthfindergov-challenge-cancer-among-women