The Lazarus Ledger

An AI-powered service that collects a chronic disease patient's daily micro-updates and assembles them into a coherent narrative summary for their doctor, bridging the vast information gap between infrequent appointments.

The project, 'The Lazarus Ledger', is a telemedicine system inspired by the disparate elements of its source materials. From 'Frankenstein', it takes the core idea of assembling a complete, living entity from disparate, lifeless parts. From 'Interstellar', it borrows the concept of bridging vast distances—not of space, but of time—between communications. And from a 'Customer Behavior' scraper, it applies the principle of collecting small data points over time to understand a larger narrative.

The Story & Concept:
In chronic disease management, a patient might see their specialist only once every 3-6 months. This creates a temporal 'black hole' where the patient's daily struggles, symptom fluctuations, and side effects are lost or poorly remembered by the time of the appointment. The specialist receives only a distorted, compressed summary, much like the delayed, time-dilated messages from the planets in 'Interstellar'.

The Lazarus Ledger acts as the communication relay. It 'reanimates' the dead time between visits. Like Dr. Frankenstein stitching together a body, our system stitches together fragmented data points—a daily pain score, a photo of a rash, a note about a side effect—to create a complete, living narrative of the patient's health journey. This narrative is then delivered to the doctor just before the appointment, making the brief consultation incredibly data-rich and efficient.

How It Works:
1. Data Collection (The 'Scraper'): The patient interacts with a simple, low-friction interface, like a WhatsApp chatbot or a minimalist Progressive Web App (PWA). Each day, it asks a few targeted questions (e.g., 'On a scale of 1-10, how was your joint pain today?'). Patients can also submit unstructured text, photos, or connect data from wearables (via HealthKit/Google Fit APIs). This makes data logging an easy, habitual process.

2. Data Assembly (The 'Frankenstein' Moment): All data is stored in a low-cost database. The day before a scheduled specialist appointment, a serverless function is triggered. It pulls all the patient's logs since their last visit.

3. Narrative Generation (The 'Interstellar' Message): This raw data is fed into a Large Language Model (LLM) API with a sophisticated prompt. The prompt instructs the AI to act as a medical analyst, identify trends, correlate symptoms with potential triggers, highlight anomalies, and summarize the entire period into a concise, one-page clinical brief. It can generate data visualizations (e.g., a graph of pain levels over time) and flag 'red alert' periods for the doctor's attention.

4. Delivery: The final, curated 'Lazarus Ledger' is delivered to the doctor's office as a secure PDF. The doctor can absorb months of patient experience in minutes, transforming the telemedicine or in-person visit from a fact-finding mission into a focused, problem-solving session.

Niche & Monetization:
- Niche: Initially target specific chronic conditions where daily fluctuations are critical, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn's Disease, or Multiple Sclerosis.
- Low Cost: Built using PWAs, serverless functions, and pay-as-you-go LLM APIs, keeping initial and running costs minimal.
- High Earning Potential: A B2B SaaS model targeting specialist clinics. Charge a monthly fee per patient (e.g., $10-$20/patient/month). The value proposition for clinics is immense: saved prep time, more effective appointments, better patient outcomes, and robust documentation for insurance.

Project Details

Area: Telemedicine Systems Method: Customer Behavior Inspiration (Book): Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Inspiration (Film): Interstellar (2014) - Christopher Nolan