Henry Ford Health is the second-largest healthcare system in Michigan, bringing clinical innovation and research since its inception in 1915. The Henry Ford Health Faith Community Nursing Network (FCNN) is a leader in the Faith Community Nursing and health ministry practices. The FCNN partners with congregations to promote preventive health, self-care and available health resources for those without access to traditional healthcare.

The current FCNN system provides a user-friendly interface to track consumer progress and medical details with a dashboard for tasks and reminders. However, as the needs of the organization have grown, the existing FCNN system has become increasingly difficult to maintain and no longer meets the modern expectations for portability, security, data management and efficient workflows.

Our improvements to the FCNN software introduce a secure database with an updated web interface and a mobile application. The software implements comprehensive tracking and manages consumer health information, care tasks and professional activities. Additionally, artificial intelligence provides nurses with tailored insights into care recommendations for consumers, such as suggesting a follow-up visit based on the consumer’s history.

Given the sensitive nature of the health information being stored, our system implements robust security and privacy protocols at every level to ensure HIPAA compliance.

Our improved system furthers the goals of Henry Ford Health with the FCNN to provide better overall care for all consumers.

The front end of the web application is built using Angular with HTML, CSS and TypeScript, and the mobile side is built using React Native. Both interfaces share the same back end, which uses Node.js and an Azure SQL Database, with Google OAuth 2.0 for secure authentication. Azure OpenAI hosts the large language model used for care insights.