LionsMed

See which clinics near Columbia are open, how long the wait is, and whether they have your medicine, from people who were just there.

Built for everyday check-ins, so it already works on the day a storm closes half of them.

How it works

A Spring 2026 class project, piloted around Morningside Heights.

The LionsMed map: Columbia Health about 15 minutes, CityMD about 30 minutes and busy, AM/PM Urgent Care about 10 minutes but out of insulin.

Clinic websites don’t say the wait is two hours.

They don’t say the pharmacy ran out of insulin at noon, either. The people who were just there know. LionsMed lets them pass it on in a few taps, shows you who said it and when, and puts it all on one map.

“I called ten places. Not a single person picked up.”

A Columbia student during the February 2026 blizzard, from our interviews

A normal visit with LionsMed

  1. Before you leave, check the map. Right now CityMD is around 30 minutes and AM/PM Urgent Care around 10.
  2. Before you pick one, tap it for prices and what’s in stock. Every entry says who reported it and how long ago.
  3. On your way out, log the wait and what they had. It takes a few taps, and the next person sees it.
  4. When it’s urgent, neighbors post what they need and people nearby can check. Anything pulled in by AI from clinic sites or the news is labeled as AI.

Try it as a student near campus

Check a few clinics, file a report, confirm a neighbor’s post. Short tips walk you through it the first time.

Live prototype

Turn your phone upright. LionsMed is built to be used one-handed, held the normal way.

LionsMed
clinic waits and stock, from neighbors
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Nearby
Morningside Heights
Clear
Moderate
Busy
W 116th St W 110th St Broadway
3 clinics nearby
Sort by wait
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Community
142 nearby
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Report
Under 10 seconds · helps the whole block
Clinic *
Select a clinic
When *
Just now
Now15m30m1h2h+
Photo
Optional photo of wait board or shelf
AI-assisted · labeled as AI
Status
Clinic
Wait
Current wait
Medications
Insulin
EpiPen
Albuterol
Amoxicillin
Services
X-ray
Blood / lab
COVID / flu test
Pricing
Add price
Note
Submit report
Anonymous by default · no medical history collected
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Alerts
Geofenced to Morningside Heights
Urgent · neighbors
Urgent5 min ago
EpiPen needed nearby. Can you check stock?
No confirmed EpiPen stock in the last hour. If you’re near Columbia Health or CityMD, a quick check helps.
Urgent22 min ago
Insulin at Columbia Health unconfirmed
Last confirm was 3 hours ago. Someone needs insulin today. Can you verify?
AI-sourced · always labeled
AI-sourcedJust now
Columbia Health may close early
Pulled from 3 student reports + flood advisory. Suggested close ~3 pm. Alternatives: CityMD (0.5 mi), AM/PM (0.8 mi).
Source: community reports + public weather alert · not a verdict
AI-sourced1 hr ago
CityMD waits climbing
Reported waits rose from ~15 to 30+ min in the past hour as campus options tighten.
Source: aggregated human reports · time-decay applied
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YG
Yuchen Guo
yg3090 · Columbia
Contributor score
Gold
790pts
Your reports carry 1.4× weight. Score ranks reports. Never locks you out of reading data.
94%
Accuracy
24
Reports
187
Confirms
38
Helped
This week
You helped 38 students
7 reports. Estimated 4.5 hours of wait avoided across the neighborhood.
Gold
Verified student
Pilot cohort
My reports
24 total · 7 this week
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My posts
11 community posts
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Confirmations
187 · +12 pts this week
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Notifications
Urgent alerts on
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Privacy
Anonymous reports · campus geofence
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