Life Link - "Lookup and Hookup"

Life Link is a community driven platform in its infancy to co-ordinate and collaborate medical services and lookups on blood / organ donors .etc . basically lookup and hookup medical stuff including and not excluding essential medicines , medical equipment for specially needed .etc

Problem Statement

We are in need of :

• a centralized platform for blood donation.
• a robust system to find trained care personnel.
• a way to scrutinize charity cases.
• a platform to co-ordinate volunteering work.
• a platform that incentivize volunteering in a proper way.

Existing Solutions

• they lack regular maintenance.
• donor status are not updated.
• social media post maybe misleading.
• fake/scam charity cases.
• proprietary solutions.
• not focused on healthcare sector.

Objectives

What 'Life Link' Does ?

Life Link Feature-Set

Life 'Ink' - Blood Donation Module

• civilians can perform a search/lookup of blood donors based on locality and blood type.
• registered institutions and volunteers can request for the amount / type and characteristics of blood needed.
• our algorithm will search for suitable donors based on given parameters and
  • send the request to selected donors through a delivering mechanism (Eg: WhatsApp Bot).
    • age, locality, previous donations, last donated date are considered for selection
    • our model will predict who all are likely to donate blood and prioritize alerts.
  • donors can either "Accept" or "Decline" the request via codes like Y/N 1/0 .etc
  • accepted Donors will be provided with the Hospital Location.
  • a small buffer of donors are also contacted based on the algorithm to account for withdrawal/incompatibility of accepted users.
  • active volunteers are given priority in these lists to ensure participation.
  • pull data from existing sources and update them.

Data Collection (Strictly Ethicalol)

	- Name and Address.
	- Primary and Secondary Locations.
	- Blood Group.
	- Height,Weight and Body Type.
	- Age.
	- Medical Conditions.
	- Current Medications
	- Earlier Infections
last but not least , we can also collect 
	- Blood Test Results
	- Other Checkup Results.
	- Telemetry data from Health Apps
	- Analytics from Fitness Bands and Equipments
	- DNA Test Results (23 and Me Collabration)

"Sharing Life Link" - Organ Donation Module

• Institutions can search for organ donors and get information of donors.
• Institutions and volunteers can add donor information.
• Use other Sources to aggregate donor data.

"Link Legit?" - Charity Scrutinizing Module

• civilians can request to check the legitimacy of a charity/donation case they saw.
• these requests are collected and algorithmically delivered to volunteers in the locality
  • volunteers can do the sherlock-work and report back to LifeLink.
  • the reports are again re-checked by other volunteers for extra-authenticity.

"Find Life Cadets" - Volunteer Lookup Module

• search for volunteers in your locality.
• search volunteer based on special skills.

"Life Line" - Ambulance Route Prediction and Guidance

• institutions can search to find a best route possible from A to B.
  • the route is calculated considering the current and historical traffic data from different sources.
  • the transit time is estimated and volunteer force en-route is alerted.
  • volunteers are given an estimated time when the ambulance reaches the locality
  • volunteers can

Uniqueness of 'Life Link'

Credit System for Volunteers - "LifeCredit++"

• volunteers who participate in activities can earn incentives in form of in-app credits.
• credits are awarded when they ,
  • donate blood.
  • registered a donor.
  • referred a volunteer to join LifeLink. (Not a Pyramid Scheme...wait . maybe it is)
  • participated in an event.
  • helps hosting an event.
  • helps Scrutinizing a charity.
  • promote good health habits through social media.(Spamming is monitored)
  • took training courses on first-aid , trauma care , first responder .etc

How to redeem "Life Credits"? , Answer : Partnerships !

• this is where the "Life Credits" are going to come in handy , both in a commercial setup and an academic setup.
  • stores will provide discounts for the "Life Credits" earned.
  • credits can be redeemed in e-com sites.
  • give priority in academic admissions.(just like an NSS/NCC )

• "Life Credits" can evolve into a decentralized Currency based on "PoV - Proof of Volunteering"

Business Model of Life Link

we run not only on Dough'nation, there is serious potential for investments.

• we expect serious funding from government as a humanitarian venture.
• this is where the credits program pays off , through partnerships.
• brands can promote their products by giving special discounts for volunteers.
• we display non-intrusive ads on the less-critical portions of platform.
• Subscription model to - provide hospitals with patient data. - provide people personalized diet plans n stuff.

Tech Stacks Used

Current Implementation

• HTML + CSS + ootStrap
• PHP.
• Twillio API.

Team Members

• Sanjay Krishnadas
• Vismaya A M
• Nandulal Krishna

Future Expansion