Kidney Central Final App Project

Serena Dasilva, Kidney Central, February 5 2014

Kidney Central

What is This App?Purpose and Objectives

The purpose and ultimate goal of this app is to help people

who are in desperate need of a kidney find one fast.

There are a lot more people who need organs in the world

than you may think. The organ must be a perfect match for

the recipient or it will not function and could reject overall.

It’s very hard to find a donor for any organ especially a kidney

whether its from someone who is a live donor or a deceased

donor. Serena Dasilva, Kidney Central, February 5 2014

Why Is This App So Important?This app would be crucial for so many people all

over the world and this problem needs to be

solved because;

There are over 80,000 people on the kidney

transplant waiting list and many people wait more

than 5 years for a kidney from a deceased donor.

The waiting list has doubled in size over the past

10 years and it continues to grow.

4,500 people die every year waiting for a kidney

transplant.Serena Dasilva, Kidney Central, February 5

2014


Why Do We Need This App?Who is This App Helping?

We need this app so we can decrease the number of deaths of people of any age, gender, ethnicity, etc. all

over the world who are waiting for a kidney. This app will focus on helping people find live and

diseased donors faster and easierYou can see live and diseased donors in your areaYou can keep tabs on people who are interested in

donating to you and communicate with them

Features/HighlightsLive chat with anyone around the world

Picture/Video uploadingTracks donors in your area and around the world

Completely free appSearch and add friends who have similar stories

Chat with doctors from your local hospital with any questions that you may have

Keep tabs on people who are interested in donating to you

..and MORE!Serena Dasilva, Kidney Central, February 5 2014

How Do You Use It?• You start by first uploading a picture of yourself• After this step you take the time to complete a profile• You then type your story; what's the reason that you

need a kidney, how long have you been waiting, etc. • Anything that you think is important, you can add to your

profile so people can see• You add your location and the app automatically finds

people in your area who are registered live organ donors• You can chat with other people around the world who are

waiting for kidneys and also willing donors• This app will be available for free to download in the app

store on any smart phone, tablet, iPod, etc.!Serena Dasilva, Kidney

Central, February 5 2014


Layout/PagesThe layout is simple! If you have Instagram, it’s very

similar to that.• There are 4 separate pages• Page 1: Your activity and the activity of the people who

you are friends with and keep track of as well as their photos/videos

• Page 2: Live chat with the people who you are connected with or people all around the world

• Page 3: Interactive chat/messaging with doctors from your local hospitals

• Page 4: Your profile with all of your information and person photos/videos

Overall Design of Layout/Pages

ProfileChat With Doctors

In Your Area Activity Page

Chat With People You're Friends with or People

Around The World

The App Icon Design



Who Will I Propose This App To & What's Countries It Pertains To:

I want to present this app to anyone who can help create it. This app is very beneficial and can hopefully spark up other app ideas that are similar to it such as

a heart, liver, etc., donation app.

This app will pertain to any country around the world who will have access to it.

Execution Environment


Videos• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44tfywpT

-s• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2V00d_

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI2V00d_x98





My Relationship to This Problem My mom was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 17.

She had her first kidney transplant by the age of 30 and that kidney was donated by her mother who was surprisingly a match for her.

In May of the year 2013 she was told that her donated kidney was no longer functioning and she would need another transplant soon or she would be put on

dialysis. She was put on the waiting list and the estimated wait time for a kidney was about 5

years. She was then put on dialysis after that for 4 months.During this process my father involved himself in a kidney exchange program.

This means that my father donates his kidney to a stranger who is the same kidney type as him and another stranger who matches donates to my mother.

In November they received a call saying that they had found the perfect people for my parents

On December 16, 2013, my father donated one of his kidneys to a stranger and my mom received hers also from a complete stranger donor.



More Hyperlinks/References

• http://www.lkdn.org/mission.html• Instagram.com • http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/instagr

am-update-for-ios-brings-speed-easy-searches-and-facebook-sharing/

• http://www.livingdonorsonline.org/• http

://www.kidney.org/Transplantation/LivingDonors/index.cfm

http://www.lkdn.org/mission.html

http://instagram.com/

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/instagram-update-for-ios-brings-speed-easy-searches-and-facebook-sharing/



http://www.livingdonorsonline.org/

http://www.kidney.org/Transplantation/LivingDonors/index.cfm



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