CareGrow

Abstract

With today's hectic life, it is difficult for parents to keep track of their children's health information such as immunization history, growth, medical history, and doctor visits. Paper-based systems are disorganized, error-prone, and difficult to handle, especially where accurate information is needed to provide timely medical treatment. CareGrow is the recommended Android medical app that is specifically designed to enable parents to track and manage the medical information of the children in a single virtual database. Provision for the user to own and operate multiple child accounts in the application, store medical history, monitor body growth by tracking BMI/BFP levels, and view auto-schedule reminders for vaccination is made. Also, there is in-built live chat and video call capability built as live communication facilities within CareGrow, allowing live parent-doctor communication directly through chat or video calling for consultative purposes. Built using Java, Kotlin, and XML and driven by Firebase services, the system offers secure data management, real-time synchronization, and rapid UI. The application is also built with scalability, modularity, and role-based access to offer access to sensitive data while being secure and accessible to authorized staff only. With CareGrow, parents are empowered to take more responsibility for the care of their children and ultimately to extend the quality of care and communication with health professionals. The system not only fills the gap between doctors and families but also introduces a new, handy concept of e-child care.