Building a Software Program That Integrates Medical Data
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44
Hospitals
Where the software is implemented across Poland.
10+
Documentation sources
Integrated into one system.
4
Months to the first release
On a project the team then worked on for two years.
The client
A company that creates and deploys medical software and integrations for hospitals and medical centres. It needed software that pulls medical data together regardless of where it came from — a dependable application for hospitals nationwide, consolidating documentation from many different systems.
The challengeWhat the teams actually needed
Getting into hospitals means displacing systems that are already installed, while meeting standards nobody outside the sector finds obvious.
Challenge 01Established competitors
Well-entrenched companies had already deployed their medical systems in these hospitals.
Challenge 02Standards that are not self-explanatory
Compliance with XDS and HL7 was required, and neither was familiar or especially clear at the outset.
Challenge 03Many formats, one standard
Documentation from many different sources had to be integrated and standardised into consistent formats, against tight deadlines.
What we did
Documentation from many systems, consolidated
The client chose the team for its previous experience on medical projects. Once the specifications and requirements were clear, work ran in Scrum for fast iteration and closer collaboration.
Picked for speed
Python with Django on the backend and Knockout.js on the frontend were selected for how quickly they let the team move.
XDS and HL7
The system was built to comply with the standards hospitals require, which is what makes integration possible at all.
More than ten sources
Over ten different sources of documentation were integrated into one reliable system.
Forty-four institutions
The first iteration was released four months after kickoff and the software now runs in 44 medical institutions across Poland — with a well-known Polish startup building its own system on the solution.
Tech stackThe tools that made it possible
01
Python & Django
The backend, chosen for rapid development.
02
Knockout.js
The frontend of the first iterations.
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