This is a very sad progress report. During some research, we fell upon a government run project that does exactly what we want to do with out database. It is called Health IT and it works with a program that is called Blue Button. If the patient signs up with them, then they store all of your medical records and other information. You can access you medical records at any time and they send it to any doctor or hospital that you want them to. Multiple apps have also been created to work with Blue Button and you can now do all of these functions via one of these apps. So our whole original project has been scraped. It has already been done. So we have to begin from scratch again. Sebastian and I went back to the power point that had some topics there but we did not really find anything that caught our attention. The only one that did was the subway app one. We like the idea behind it and we are maybe considering it. We are still brainstorming. There are a lot of topics to choose from, so we are bound to find something that we can do that will help and contribute to society. Stay tuned for next week's progress report for our new project.
http://www.healthit.gov/patients-families/benefits-health-it
http://www.healthit.gov/patients-families/blue-button/about-blue-button
It's a great experience for your group to expose to the real-world market situation. Your group was trying to tackle the most practical issue among all the groups. However, timing is a critical factor. A month earlier or later to the market may mean life or death of a business. That's why literature survey is a very important step of any research. I always urge students to conduct intensive literature survey at the beginning of the research. Normally, it should take no more than one week. Failure is a common part of any research. However, fail quickly is the secret to success. Research is not like a recreation activity you will do it when you feel like to, it's a devotion to solve problems in a timely manner. In business environment, you will see severe competition at global scale. Sometimes, if your research tie to urgent needs (such as Ebola), timing is so critical and clock ticks can be counted by human lives! As a beginner in the STEM research field, maybe topic selection is not the most crucial issue. Building up the proper attitude toward research, learning the research method, and developing the research skills are much more important!
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