My round 2 entry consists of:
- "Mashups - locations.docx" - File with the locations (URL) of three Mashups (e.g. HospFinder) which use my Popfly Block (Hospitals) from the 1st round.
- "Hospitals.avi" - A video demonstration of the features of the Popfly Block and the HospFinder
- "Droving adoption - report.pdf" - A report that provides evidence of how you drove adoption of your Mashup via the Internet
in a manner that addresses the 2009 Imagine Cup Theme.
HospFinder
HospFinder is the main Mashup I have created.
It allows to search hospitals by many criterions, for example by name or location.
You can obtain data like address, zip code, phone number, information about emergency service and much more!
Moreover, HospFinder provides us with information on how well the hospitals care for all patients with certain medical conditions and gives us an oportunity to compare them in these terms and in terms of payments for various types of medical operations.
Results are presented in clear way, all hospitals are located on the map, so everybody can see hospital's position.
HospFinder is integrated with Yahoo!Traffic, therefore returns also
data like information about traffic jams, street repairs or incidents.
It is very helpful in case we want to get to the hospital as fast as possible.
Moreover, I have created HospFinder's website: www.hospfinder.us.tt in order to better present it's functionality and the ways of use.
Mashup is embedded in the "HospFinder" section.
Millennium Development Goals
HospFinder gives us the opportunity to make wiser decisions about our health and improve the US health service quality.
It will contribute to the reduction of child mortality,
amelioration of the maternal health and combating many dangerous diseases.
It's currently directed at US hospitals, but there is nothing against widen it's functionality
to other countries if only appropriate data would be shared.
Hospitals Block
In this version of Hospitals Block, additional function has been added - getByParam.
All functionalities remained the same as were projected earlier and presented in the Masterplan, but
getByParam function has been implemented in order to allow users with small or without programming skills to create
advanced mashups which use two or more Hospitals Block's functions - like HospFinder (before the implementation of this feature,
user had to make some coding in Hospitals Block's advanced view to achieve it, with getByParam it can be done with just few clicks).
Arguments:
iFunctionName - Name of the function which should be called (getByCity, getByMortality, getByPayment or getByName,
it can be send to the Block for example from dropdown menu)
iFirst - Desired function's first argument
iSecond - Desired function's second argument
iThird - Desired function's third argument. If the function has less arguments, leave it empty.
iFourth - Desired function's fourth argument. If the function has less arguments, leave it empty.
iFifth - Desired function's fifth argument. If the function has less arguments, leave it empty.
User instructions describing Hospitals Block's functions and how to use it, can be found at: www.hospitalsblock.ocom.pl
Best regards,
Karol