HealthPal: Smart Health Tracking Website

Abstract

Introduction

The report presents HealthPal, a free, web-based health and wellness platform designed to help individuals monitor, manage, and improve their health through AI-driven insights and personalized recommendations. Unlike many commercial apps, HealthPal emphasizes accessibility and inclusivity, aiming to empower users—regardless of financial status—to take proactive control of their well-being. It supports tracking of BMI, sleep, hydration, activity, and workouts, and offers tailored yoga and exercise plans.

The literature review explores existing health monitoring systems, highlighting methodologies like machine learning (ML), Bayesian networks, simulations, and prototype development. While current research showcases technological potential, common issues include lack of standardization, connectivity dependence, limited personalization, and accessibility challenges. HealthPal seeks to address these gaps.

The methodology for developing HealthPal involved user needs analysis, front-end and back-end web development, secure login, health data entry, visualization tools, and AI-based health suggestions. It includes features like progress tracking, streak counters, goal-setting, and downloadable reports, with plans for wearable integration in the future.

Key research gaps addressed include:

1. Lack of free and inclusive platforms

2. Insufficient personalization

3. Fragmented health tools

4. Weak goal-tracking mechanisms

5. Limited real-world application of academic models

HealthPal stands as a practical implementation of academic concepts in health informatics, offering a user-friendly, all-in-one wellness platform that bridges theory and real-world use.

Conclusion

The project aims to develop a user-friendly health management platform that allows users to log and monitor their daily health activities such as water intake, sleep duration, steps walked, and workout time. The system will enable users to track their progress dynamically through visual dashboards and receive smart suggestions to improve their wellness. A secure login and registration system is implemented to ensure personalized user experience. Once logged in, users can easily record their health metrics, set personal goals, and monitor goal completion through progress bars, streak counters, and detailed analytics.

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Copyright

Copyright © 2025 Prof. Sandhya Dhage, Vaibhavi Navghare, Shivjeet Patel, Peter Salve. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.