Software shouldn’t be the bottleneck for student doulas.

Student doula programs are growing in medical schools across the country, and the people running them are mostly running them out of spreadsheets, group chats, and goodwill. Coordinators burn out; students get scheduled for shifts they can’t make; programs lose institutional memory every time a champion graduates.

DoulaConnect is the platform we wished existed. It started at the University of Florida in collaboration with the College of Medicine and is now being released as an independent non-profit so any medical school can stand up a structured program quickly.

Principles

• No PHI, ever. Patients are referred to by system-generated aliases. Real identity stays in the hospital EMR where it belongs.
• Each institution stands alone. Data isolation is enforced at the database level. UF can’t see Emory; Emory can’t see Vanderbilt.
• White-label by default. Each program brings its own name, brand colors, and logo. Students see their school. Admins see their program.
• Open and forkable. The platform is open source. Your IT team can audit it. Your institution can extend it.

Who it’s for

Program directors and student-led teams at medical schools and teaching hospitals running structured doula programs — anywhere from a small cohort of MS1s to a multi-class roster with rotating shifts and active patient assignments.