Covid-19 screening tool seeking community contributions

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Post by tconley » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 8:34 PM UTC

Please contribute to a simple mobile friendly COVID-19 screening tool!

github repo with contribution instructions: https://github.com/tconley/screencovid.com

live app in development: https://tconley.github.io/screencovid.com/

This project is based off a phone call I had with Sajung Yun, PhD from Johns Hopkins. He is very much interested in saving lives, and has analyzed the data available to come up with a simple formula for a covid screener. He created a screening tool, but it wasn't a mobile friendly UX. You can see what he's put together at https://www.screencovid.org/. The goal is to get this new tool production ready by Mon 3/23 at which time it'll be available at screencovid.com

You can view Dr Yun's findings and rationale behind the screening at https://github.com/tconley/screencovid.com/raw/master/Presen...

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#2

Post by cjbenedikt » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:34 PM UTC

We said that about 2008 crisis as well....ahahaha

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#3

Post by doodlebugging » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:41 PM UTC

In the symptoms list on the Screening page I don't see "Loss of taste or smell".

Isn't that something that a significant portion of patients have reported?

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Post by dang » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC

cjbenedikt wrote: post #2

We said that about 2008 crisis as well....ahahaha

Would you please stop posting unsubstantive comments? We ban accounts that do that and you've unfortunately been doing a lot of it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Post by notatoad » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:53 PM UTC

No offense, but the site at screencovid.org seems totally mobile friendly to me, and has a clear ui - check off the symptoms you've got is a known pattern that everybody is familiar with

The GitHub site is a confusing UI (swiping cards away does what?) and it spills off the side of my screen on mobile - I'm not sure why development is needed here when the original site is totally functional

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Post by butz » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 11:04 PM UTC

You are making presumption that every user is familiar with swiping card UI from Tinder. Also, after some poking around and finding how it actually works, there's no way to reset or change your choice - only hard reload.

I would add simple instructions how to use this tool, e.g. "Swipe left for No, left for YES answer". Also do calculation for user, do not show just numbers. Simple if statement at the end of questionnaire should state "Based on {the algorithm} you should consult a doctor immediately". You must emphasize that there is a margin of error.

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Post by vogt » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 11:07 PM UTC

I can submit some UX enhancement proposals. Is there a way to do that which makes sense? Github issue with a link?

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Post by zbarsky » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 11:20 PM UTC

Hi, check out https://www.clearstep.health/covid19 for an existing screener that we are deploying with health systems next week!

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Post by tconley » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 11:22 PM UTC

vogt wrote: post #7

I can submit some UX enhancement proposals. Is there a way to do that which makes sense? Github issue with a link?

Yes, pull requests or issues on github are appreciated!

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Post by tconley » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 11:23 PM UTC

doodlebugging wrote: post #3

In the symptoms list on the Screening page I don't see "Loss of taste or smell". Isn't that something that a significant portion of patients have reported?

I have asked the medical folks to look into this.