Patient Wait Dashboard

A patient wait dashboard for displaying in a hospital Emergency Department. Show the number of patients waiting and estimate the wait time.

Hosted locally on a Go webserver. Uses a websocket to update all dashboards on the local network when the patient count changes.

Demo (dashboard only)

https://so-ed-dashboard.surge.sh

Run the web server with Go

If you have the Go language installed, start the webserver directly with:

go run .

Now, find out the IP address of the host computer on the network. Usually something like 192.168.1.2.

Next, open your web browser and go to http://192.168.1.2:8080. You should see the dashboard.

Go to http://192.168.1.2:8080 on another device connected on the network.

Build for different environments

If you don't have Go installed on the target device, you can compile a single file to run.

Build for Windows

GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o patient_wait_dashboard.exe -ldflags="-s -w"

Build for MacOS (Intel)

GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o patient_wait_dashboard_mac_intel -ldflags="-s -w"

Build for MacOS (ARM)

GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -o patient_wait_dashboard_mac_m1 -ldflags="-s -w"

This will compile the webserver into a single file: patient_wait_dashboard. You can now run this from anywhere with:

`./patient_wait_dashboard`

Make sure to include the index.html and /assets folder too.

Note: the -ldflags="-s -w" part is just for making a smaller file. The file should be about 6MB in size.

Admin

Currently you can tap the "Update" button below the patient count to adjust the patients.

There's also a basic Admin page at http://192.168.1.2:8080/admin to do the same thing. So we can remove the "Update" button.

TODO

• Improve the design