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Med Helper Now: Revolutionizing Home Healthcare Services with IoT
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Cement
- Healthcare & Hospitals
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Tamper Detection
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Med Helper Now, a platform designed to connect home healthcare service providers with those in need, faced the challenge of building a large-scale platform with a small team. The co-founders, Moazzam Khan and Nicole Harrison, had coding experience but the scale of the project was beyond their capacity. They needed a solution that could provide them with professional components, data integration, and security while also being cost-effective and time-efficient. The platform needed to cater to two types of users - service providers and service users - and provide them with different functionalities. For service providers, the platform needed to verify licenses, manage bookings, and handle payments. For service users, it needed to facilitate bookings, manage payment settings, and enable communication with service providers.
About The Customer
Med Helper Now is a platform that connects home healthcare service providers such as nurses, physical therapists, nutritionists, etc., with clients/users in need of these services. The platform allows service providers to post their services and users to search for, book, communicate with, and pay for these services. The platform caters to two types of users - service providers and service users - and provides them with different functionalities. The platform was co-founded by Moazzam Khan and Nicole Harrison, who despite having coding experience, needed a solution that could help them build a large-scale platform with a small team.
The Solution
The co-founders chose to build their platform on Bubble, a leader in the no-code movement. Bubble's drag-and-drop elements, built-in data integration, and security features made the process of building Med Helper Now simpler. It also provided email and payment system integration, the capability to write custom plugins, and hosting services at a reasonable price. The platform was designed to cater to the needs of both service providers and service users. Service providers could register, verify their licenses, manage their bookings and payments through a dedicated dashboard. Service users could search for providers, book services, manage their payment settings, and communicate with providers through their dashboard. The platform was also made mobile-responsive with Bubble's built-in responsive features.
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