Daffodil helps a Canadian healthtech company reduce door-to-balloon time for STEMI patients

Our business analytics and software architects outlined the optimal architecture of the mobile solution, refined the functional requirements and developed a complete product vision and its development roadmap. Once the strategic plans were mutually finalized, Daffodil’s team mapped the requirements onto the technology landscape. Daffodil’s UI experts applied design thinking techniques and role based user stories in order to build an easy to use user interface for the application. We developed a cross-platform mobile apps for Android and iOS platforms along with a web based admin panel for role based access to information.

Once the medical personnel activates the application when a STEMI is identified, an image is taken of the electrocardiogram (ECG) and, along with the patient details, transmitted to all pertinent members of the STEMI care team (Emergency Medical Services [EMS], ED, catheterization laboratory personnel, cardiologist on call, etc. These members are immediately alerted by the application and have immediate access to the ECG and relevant patient information in real time.

There are four primary roles based modules in the solution, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), charge nurse, business clerk and the doctor. Each module has access to information based on their role in the treatment of STEMI. For instance, the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)/ Paramedics module takes up the patient details such as patient’s ID, disease type, onset time, symptoms and recommends a hospital. This info is then passed on to the charge nurse, business clerk, and the doctor of the respective hospital who can take further action to initiate the treatment at the earliest possible time. Depending upon the role, the patient healthcare information (PHI) is shared or hidden from the members.

Once a hospital and doctor is assigned, a group chat is initiated between the paramedics, charge nurse and doctor to understand the situation and medications needed to get started with the treatment. Most importantly, the involved stakeholders can track the ambulance in real-time on a google map and check the patient’s estimated time of arrival (ETA) to the hospital.