Medi connect - Virtual health companion for Underserved Regions with Offline Sync
Abstract
Geographic isolation of the rural underserved areas impedes healthcare delivery, with patients traveling hundreds of kilometers over rural roads to meet specialized doctors in urban areas, causing delays in interventions, high turnover, and avoidable mortality - such as Village Health Administrators with basic care with no real-time expert assistance. To deal with these gaps, Medi Connect is a virtual health companion application with strong offline synchronization capabilities, which allows frontline workers to record patient information and perform virtual consultation on Android devices and automatically synchronize with cloud solution providers such as Firebase when they are connected to the Internet to ensure smooth approvals and updates. With the combination of SMS notifications, appointment booking, and conflict-resolution algorithms, it helps reduce the necessity of traveling, provide intuitive tools to non-experts, and provide equitable care without permanent internet access, and, eventually, mend rural-urban gaps.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
ICT in Developing Communities
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- International Journal of Science and Research Archive
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 261–268
- Publication date
- 5 March 2026
- Language
- EN