Delta Health is a digital system designed to improve healthcare access and appointment management in rural clinics across Delta State, Nigeria.
- Patient registration & appointment booking
- Automated SMS & USSD reminders
- Health education content
- Administrative dashboards for clinic management
- Scalable for EMR integration
- Reduce missed appointments and overcrowding
- Provide timely health information
- Enhance patient-provider communication
- Enable data-driven decisions for administrators
- Frontend: React.js, Next.js
- Backend: Laravel, PHP
- Database: MySQL
- Hosting: AWS (Dockerized)
- APIs: Twilio (SMS), Google Maps (location)
- Testing: Jest, Postman
Key tables:
- Users
- Clinics
- Appointments
- Notifications
- Health Articles
- Patient registers via app, USSD, or SMS
- System allocates appointment slot
- Notifications/reminders sent automatically
- Health content delivered
- Admin dashboard tracks performance and metrics
- Appointment Booking: Schedule & manage slots
- Reminder System: SMS/USSD notifications
- Health Education: Articles & guides for patients
- Admin Dashboard: Monitor appointments, feedback, and analytics
- Patients: Register → Book → Receive reminders → Access health content
- Administrators: Manage clinics → Monitor appointments → Review reports
- Improved healthcare access in rural areas
- Reduced manual scheduling errors
- Efficient patient communication
- Data-driven clinic management
- Client Devices: Basic phones (USSD/SMS) & Android smartphones
- Server: Ubuntu, 4-core CPU, 8GB RAM, 50GB SSD
- Software: Node.js, MySQL, React.js, Docker
- Expand system to other rural areas
- Integrate EMR and local languages
- Provide staff training
- Improve infrastructure reliability
- System design documents (ERD, DFD, UML)
- Field interviews & healthcare policy documents
- Testing & implementation reports