Pain Pal
An AI health companion for construction workers - monitoring pain patterns, recommending interventions, and reducing injury rates across New Zealand's most dangerous industry.
Construction remains one of New Zealand's highest-risk industries for musculoskeletal injuries. CHASNZ needed a way to help workers self-manage pain before it becomes a lost-time injury - but any solution needed to work for people who don't use health apps.
Pain Pal uses conversational AI to check in with workers about their pain levels, track patterns over time, and recommend evidence-based interventions. The interface is deliberately simple - designed for workers on-site, not patients in a clinic.
Deployed across multiple construction sites in New Zealand. Early data shows improved pain reporting rates and earlier intervention, helping reduce the progression from acute discomfort to chronic injury.
React Native
Python
GPT-4Supabase