DocConnect

Project Description:

The concept for DocConnect was developed by Alek Golijanin, a local community builder looking to make a difference in the lives of others, especially Canadian youth.
DocConnect is a web-based application designed to be used by high school guidance counselors to help students who do not have a family doctor. A postal code is entered, and DocConnect returns a list of nearby doctors and clinics. Necessary enrolment forms are also provided ready to print, to make the whole process as simple as possible.
This was a continuation of work previously begun by Algonquin College students in an earlier semester. There were some issues involving the initial set-up of the database account on the Firebase platform that were resulting in the DocConnect site being nonfunctional, so this was the highest priority. After resolving that issue, our work shifted to expanding the scope of DocConnect beyond Ottawa by increasing the number of cities represented in DocConnect’s search function, starting with Edmonton. This way, DocConnect could best fulfill our client’s goal of improving kids’ lives. Some alterations with made to the administrative, reflecting the expanded search scope in the database administration.
We also worked on finetuning the look and feel of DocConnect’s user interface to ensure a straightforward and effortless user experience.
Over the course of our work on DocConnect, several unexpected shifts in project requirements meant we had to be quick to adapt and flexible with our planning, pivoting between features as needed.

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