A task management platform designed specifically for radiology residents working on-call shifts. Built with Ruby on Rails to solve real medical workflow challenges.
Radiology residents face overwhelming case volumes during on-call shifts. Critical STAT cases can get buried among routine studies, interesting learning cases are forgotten, and there's no systematic way to track performance or handoff cases between shifts. I built ShiftBuddy to solve these real workflow challenges I experienced firsthand.
Problem: Residents waste time figuring out what to work on next during busy shifts.
Solution: Automatic prioritization with STAT case alerts, real-time statistics, and color-coded urgency levels. Critical cases are impossible to miss with prominent red warnings.
Problem: Critical STAT cases getting lost among routine studies, potentially delaying emergency care.
Solution: Visual hierarchy with color-coded cases (Red=STAT, Yellow=Urgent, Gray=Routine), time tracking, and one-click reading with automatic timers.
Problem: Residents see interesting cases but can't easily find them later for learning or teaching.
Solution: One-click marking system creates a personal library of educational cases with searchable notes, organized by modality (CT, MRI, X-Ray) for easy retrieval.
Problem: Learning opportunities from interpretation discrepancies are lost or forgotten.
Solution: Systematic tracking of challenging cases with notes about discrepancies, creating structured learning from mistakes and easy handoff to attending physicians.
Built by someone who understands medical workflows firsthand. Every feature addresses real pain points from radiology residency: the stress of missing critical cases, the frustration of lost learning opportunities, and the challenge of staying organized during overwhelming on-call shifts. ShiftBuddy doesn't just manage tasksβit enhances patient care and resident education.
