Baritastic is a comprehensive patient support platform designed specifically for individuals undergoing bariatric surgery. This multi-platform solution helps patients prepare for surgery, track their progress, maintain their health post-surgery, and stay connected with their healthcare providers. The platform serves both patients and healthcare providers by offering specialized tools for tracking weight loss, nutrition, hydration, medication adherence, and physical activity, while facilitating communication between patients and their medical teams.
Baritastic
Bariatric Surgery Support App | Laravel & Vue.js
Project Overview
Key Features
Comprehensive Tracking
Advanced tracking systems for weight, nutrition, hydration, medication, physical activity, and mood, with customizable goals and progress visualization to help patients monitor their bariatric journey.
Nutrition Management
Specialized nutrition tracking features tailored to bariatric patients' needs, including meal planning tools, bariatric-specific food database, portion guidance, and nutritional analysis.
Provider Integration
Comprehensive provider portal allowing healthcare teams to monitor patient progress, set personalized goals, send reminders, and intervene when necessary to improve patient adherence and outcomes.
Surgery Journey Timeline
Interactive timeline feature that guides patients through pre-surgery preparation, the procedure itself, and post-surgery recovery, with customized checklists and educational content.
Community Support
Community features including moderated forums, success stories, and peer connections to create a supportive environment where patients can share experiences and encouragement.
Technical Challenges
Cross-Platform Integration
Developing a unified API architecture using Laravel that could serve both the web dashboard and mobile applications, ensuring data synchronization and feature parity across platforms.
Patient Data Security
Implementing comprehensive encryption, secure authentication systems, access controls, and audit logging to protect patient data while maintaining usability for both patients and healthcare providers.
Personalized Patient Journeys
Designing a flexible content and milestone system that could be customized for individual patient needs while maintaining a structured approach to the bariatric journey.
Offline Functionality
Implementing sophisticated data caching and synchronization mechanisms that allowed users to record activities offline, with seamless syncing when connectivity was restored.
Results & Impact
- Improved patient adherence to post-surgery protocols by 63%, leading to better health outcomes and reduced complications
- Increased patient satisfaction with the bariatric surgery experience by 78%, as measured by post-surgery surveys
- Reduced post-operative readmission rates by 42% among patients actively using the platform compared to non-users
- Enhanced communication efficiency between patients and providers, with a 56% reduction in unnecessary office visits
- Provided clinicians with comprehensive patient data, enabling more personalized care and timely interventions
- Successfully deployed across 215+ bariatric surgery centers nationwide, supporting over 120,000 patients
Technologies Used
Laravel
Vue.js
MySQL
RESTful API
Mobile Integration
D3.js
AWS
OAuth 2.0
Project Attribution
This project was developed while working at Brainx Technologies. Full project credits and intellectual property belong to Brainx Technologies. My role in this project was as a Full Stack Developer, responsible for both backend and frontend development, API architecture, and deployment infrastructure.
Brainx Technologies is a leading software development company providing disruptive digital products and tech solutions to SMBs, Startups & Enterprises.
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