CollaboRhythm Technical Overview

CollaboRhythm is an open-source platform for patient-centered care research.

Thus far, the capabilities and features in CollaboRhythm have been focused on chronic disease management, with a specific focus on hypertension (prototype evaluation study conducted at Mayo in August 2011) and diabetes (for an upcoming study with the Joslin Diabetes Center).

Team

• John Moore, PhD Candidate at MIT Media Lab
  • Created CollaboRhythm
  • Designed and implemented medication scheduling and reporting features
• Scott Gilroy, Software Developer at MIT Media Lab
  • Designed and implemented data visualization and simulation features
  • Created plugin architecture and app/widget system
• Elliot Cohen
  • Indivo X server support and community liason
• Frederick Young
  • Indivo X server support (December 2011 - May 2012)
• Bree Alyeska
  • iHAART plugin development

Timeline

John worked on a previous iteration of CollaboRhythm in 2008/2009 that was used for small scale study with HIV patients. Starting in 2010, John and Scott began work on the current version of CollaboRhythm.

Technologies

• Flex/ActionScript 3 (for the UI)
• Java and Android API (for connecting to medical devices on Android phones/tablets)
• Flash Media Server (for real-time collaboration and video streaming)
• Indivo X (personally controlled health record system; used as the back-end for CollaboRhythm)

Features

• Deployment to Windows, Mac OS X, and Android (via Adobe AIR)
• Medication reporting
• Bluetooth device connectivity (currently the Fora D40b is supported)
• Asynchronous video messaging
• Time-series visualization of medication adherence and vital signs
• Disease-state simulations
• Remote collaboration (currently limited to medication scheduling)