Integration of Technologies for Patient Communication in a Digital Health Platform

Context

Over 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia. This number is expected to rise to 139 million by 2050. This represents a huge challenge for our healthcare system, as there is still no cure for dementia.

Our research system, consisting of a web platform and a smartphone app, enables physicians to take a holistic view of patients' health status and take personalized measures for patients to face the challenges of dementia.
As part of this thesis, communication functions are to be implemented or expanded in this system to simplify communication between doctors and patients. You can also contribute your own creativity here. For example, the integration of a chatbot would be conceivable.

Tasks

• You will carry out extensive literature research on the current state of the art of communication platforms.
• You will familiarize yourself with the existing system.
• You will develop a technical concept for implementing the communication function and implement it as a prototype.
• You will evaluate the practical suitability of your implementation, for example in one of our ongoing studies.

Requirements

• You are studying electrical engineering, medical technology, computer science, mechatronics or a related course.
• You are committed, motivated and have a careful and conscientious way of working.
• You have a keen interest in the development of web platforms and smartphone apps and ideally already have some experience in these areas.