Show HN: Get Well Soon – AI-based online diagnosis

Post by amelius » Sun, Dec 11, 2016, 11:51 AM UTC

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my family doctor is quite happy that patients do research. She says that while some are hypochondriacs who have all the diseases in Google, most of the time it is useful for the patients to have spent some time researching. It saves her explanation time when the patient is informed, and also some edge cases pop up where the patient came in with a good insight.

Maybe it's just me but I find most doctors both dismissive and rushed. They just throw pills at you without much consideration and then on to the next patient -- can hardly get a word in. Doing your own research may in fact be critical to your health, though doctors are not likely to be interested in discussing the details.

Post by mastercoder82 » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 1:48 PM UTC

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This is an open source demo application. Not a commercial website, neither intend to be one. Here is the code - https://github.com/mastercoder82/getwell-soon Look for yourself and check if your name is collected, social-engineered or sold to insurance companies. P.S - If you have even little knowledge about browser dev console, you will know that the name doesn't even leave your browser.

There are a few counter-arguments to that. First, it's impossible to determine that the source on GitHub is the same as what is deployed to a server. Additionally, having to locally debug any given site in order to trace whether or not information is being transmitted is an unrealistic expectation. I trust that your intentions are in the right place, just that when it comes to medical-related things it's worthwhile t…