MediConnect wins Rep. Kim Schrier’s 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Washington’s Eighth District

When asked what inspired the creation of MediConnect, the students said, “Our inspiration for creating MediConnect started in an elementary school robotics competition (FLL), in which two of our teammates were asked to develop an idea to help people in their job fields. Together, they decided to work on a project to help EMTs, a career field that they found essential to our society. Their creation, a device which helps EMTs to determine patients’ vitals at the scene of an emergency, won first place and publicity from the mayor of Redmond, despite its underdeveloped nature. 

“Despite the achievement, they found it to be incomplete, prompting them to create a team to develop MediConnect even further. When brainstorming how to make MediConnect better, one of the team members, whose sister has serious allergies, suggested a device that allows EMTs to obtain essential patient data like allergies and other conditions. Before we went all in on the idea, we went to our local EMTs and health providers to ask about the actual usefulness and applicability of this idea. Once we received confirmation from the EMTs regarding whether MediConnect could benefit their response times and safety, we fully understood the potential of our idea, doing our best to create an app that allows health providers to access patient medical information at the scene of an emergency.”