The HealthCare Locator SDK comes with feature-rich, prebuilt search screens. Customize the screens as part of your app UI (recommended) or use them to help develop your own search screens to find healthcare professionals (HCPs) and healthcare organizations (HCOs).
Topics cover:
● features
● prebuilt screens and their relationships
● prebuilt search screens for customization
o available in dark theme
● searches for HCPs and HCOs
o buttons to switch between HCP searches (always enabled) and HCO searches (optionally enabled)
o input search terms using the following fields:
name
specialty (HCPs searches only)
medical term (HCP searches only)
o input search locations using one of the following ...
address field (near address searches)
current position of user (near me searches)
center position of current area in map view (focused searches)
... and select countries (or country of current geolocation) to narrow down search results
o autocomplete suggestions are displayed in each field (name, specialty, medical term, or address) for searches:
– up to 30 relevant suggestions are displayed as user types in a field
– each previously completed field filters suggestions as user types in the next field
● results:
o mini profiles for fast scanning of results (includes icons flagging recommendations and appointment taking)
o near-me search results for convenience, travel, and emergencies
o toggle results between list and map views
o sorting of results (relevance, distance, or last name)
o distance reporting on results
● full profiles for details and interactions:
o share profile
o directions
o make appointments
o place calls
o open hours
o specialities
o diseases treated
o recommendations
o feedback on data correctness and quality
o unique country identifier (UCI) code for HCP in different countries
o suggest updates to profiles
● history to recover last searches and viewed profiles
The following diagram shows how the prebuilt screens of the SDK relate to each other. Click any to learn about screen layout, properties, and behavior for customization.
Note
● Search block is displayed on top of all screens at full size.
● Search block is not displayed on the Results and HCP profile screens at minimum size.
● responsive to screen sizes
● switches position from top of screen at full size to left side of screen at minimum size
● contains the app name
● contains app menu that includes the following items:
o access to different screens
o Settings to configure screens and search operations, such as:
– specify API key to access HealthCare Locator
– set the theme (default, custom, or dark) for appearance of screens
– set the language
– specify the app name and URL
– set the distance default and unit (kilometer or mile)
– enable suggestions for modifications to HCP profiles
– enable search using medical terms
– enable night mode for map (OpenStreetMap night mode is default or Google Maps if enabled)
– enable Leaflet attribution
– enable Google Map to map results (OpenStreetMap is default if Google Maps is not enabled)
– disable geolocation
– enable HCO search
– enable UCI
– button to apply settings must be selected after making changes
See how to customize these as part of the UI for your app.