Medical Care Application Development Through Android Studio

Background and aim: Healthcare applications have emerged as important tools to empower patients in partaking in their healthcare journey and streamlining the interaction between patients and health care providers. The aim of this work is to create a simple and efficient medical care application that provides multiple beneficial features for the user as well as sensors to help collect useful data. Methodology: Java programming language through Android Studio is used to create the application. The application has some helpful pages like an appointment page, quick access to authorities in case of an emergency, a health goals list, and a list of sensors to calculate the user's heart rate, light exposure, step count, and temperature. Results: The application collects data from some sensors and returns useful information to the user. It displays the user's current heart rate in beats per minute. The light exposure page helps the users to avoid high levels of light exposure by displaying the current lux value, it vibrates and displays a warning message if the light threshold is exceeded. The step count page helps the users to track their daily step count. The accelerometer sensor in tandem with the gyroscope sensor is used for the step count implementation. Also, the temperature page displays the current ambient temperature. Conclusion: The creation of this medical care application represents a step towards user empowerment and provides an easier way for users to keep track of their own health. More sensors might be involved in the future to reach this goal.