AQCAMO: digital tools built around members’ needs

The context

Finding the right form, in the right place

A form is replaced, a new English version arrives, or one update affects several medications. Members have a straightforward question: where is the document I need? Behind the website, someone also needs to know what has changed and what still needs attention.

Those needs guided the tools I built for the Association québécoise des coordonnateurs d’accès aux médicaments d’oncologie (AQCAMO). The association supports professionals who help people living with cancer access medication. Its document resources and training support members’ day-to-day work.

Supporting an important mission

In Québec, access to oncology medications and reimbursement can be complex. AQCAMO plays an important role by supporting coordinators who help people living with cancer. Through training, knowledge sharing and collaboration among professionals, the association helps simplify these processes and reduce administrative burdens for patients and healthcare teams.

Visit AQCAMO's official website →

My role in the project

My work covers the bilingual website redesign, the medication directory, document update tools and the new training platform. I also handle the connection to WordPress member accounts and prepare the transition from the existing tools.

The common goal: make information easier for members to find and easier for coordinators to maintain.

Search for a medication instead of browsing files

The directory supports searches by generic or brand name, drug identification number (DIN), or company. Forms and supporting information are listed separately, with French and English versions.

During project testing, searching has felt faster and more direct than the previous WordPress workflow. Members find the medication record, then open the document they are authorized to view. Searching does not require loading the PDFs.

Keeping track of an update until it is finished

I also built a management area that brings update requests together and tracks documents to replace or merge. A history makes it possible to review changes and PDF versions.

For example, a request may involve four medications. The person handling it can complete two and return to the other two later. They can see what is done and what remains without piecing the history together from emails.

Training and one member account

The training component adapts a course with an introduction and twelve modules, including PDFs, quizzes, progress tracking and a completion certificate. Coordinators also have a dashboard for following participants.

Matching historical learning records to member accounts is part of the transition. Each match needs verification before a record can be described as fully restored.

Access is designed around one WordPress account. Membership approval remains manual, while management tools have their own access permissions.

A redesign that includes the work behind the website

This project goes beyond the appearance of the pages. It covers finding a form, handling its next update and following a participant through a training course.

That is the kind of development I offer through cabana.dev: start with an organization’s actual tasks, then build tools that make them easier.