makuachteny/Front-Health-v2

FrontHealth — Universal Patient Health Record & Care Coordination Platform for East Africa # FrontHealth: Cancer Diagnostic Referral Tracking Platform ## Problem In many healthcare systems, patients who are referred for cancer diagnostics do not complete the diagnostic process or fail to return for their results. Once a patient is sent to another facility for imaging, biopsy, pathology, or laboratory testing, providers often lose visibility into whether the patient completed the test or what happened next. This leads to significant loss to follow-up, delayed diagnoses, and missed opportunities for early cancer treatment. Nurses and care teams currently lack simple tools to track referrals, monitor patient progress, and proactively follow up when patients stall in the diagnostic pathway. This idea emerged from work in cancer programs where it became clear that referrals were being made, but systems did not exist to track whether patients actually completed diagnostics and returned to care. (Background: Adjoa, a first-time mother in Ghana, looked forward to welcoming her newborn. On the delivery day, she was away from her primary care center and rushed to another hospital for delivery, unaware that critical information about her dangerously placed placenta wasn't transferred with her. Adjoa lost her baby and nearly her life, a devastating consequence of fragmented healthcare records. This tragic story isn't isolated; it underscores a widespread, urgent crisis across subSaharan Africa. allafrica.com ) ## Solution We propose a digital referral tracking and follow-up platform designed to monitor patients undergoing cancer diagnostics. The platform allows healthcare providers to record referrals, track patients across each step of the diagnostic pathway, detect delays or drop-offs, and automatically alert nurses or patient navigators when follow-up is needed. By creating visibility across the referral journey, the platform helps care teams intervene earlier and ensures more patients complete diagnostics and return to …