“Open the Blue Circle” is an application for mobile phones which, in support of the global campaign “Cities that change diabetes”, was developed by the company “Heliant” in cooperation with the company “Novo Nordisk””. The application was created to actively promote a healthy lifestyle and diabetes prevention measures.
Open the Blue Circle is an interactive and intuitive mobile application providing basic information about diabetes, recommendations for active lifestyles and answers to some of the frequently asked questions regarding the treatment of diabetes. In addition, this application helps users pursue their own walking plan on specially designated health trails.
The application will ensure applying for organized walks along the arranged health trails in Belgrade, which will be managed by nurses. The walks are planned to take place in spring, when the weather gets better and when the epidemiological situation becomes more favourable
Open the Blue Circle can also be used for independent walks. With the help of the application, one can easily set and track one’s own goals when it comes to the number of kilometres walked. Walkers may connect and share experiences among each other.
Walks score points – or kilometres – so by downloading the application, activating a certain number of walkers and covering a certain number of kilometres, the conditions for the implementation of donations from the company “Novo Nordisk” to improve the fight against diabetes in Belgrade are met.
The first big step has already been made – the application already has more than 1.000 users, which meets the condition for the first donation within the Open the Blue Circle project, in the amount of one million dinars. The funds, in cooperation with the City of Belgrade, will be invested in arranging health trails at the locations mostly used by walkers in the capital.
Within the cooperation with the pharmaceutical company “Novo Nordisk”, the development team of the company “Heliant” developed a complete IT solution for the project’s needs based on the “time-to-market” principle.
The Open the Blue Circle mobile app (available for both Android and iOS), the project website and the CMS (Content Management System) are just the front-end of this project. Easy administration of the content displayed on the website and mobile application is enabled.
The implementation of the back-end segment of the software solution using the latest technologies in this area, preparation and maintenance of servers and system software, as well as designing the complete information system architecture – these are the services provided by the company “Heliant” during the cooperation.
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