Healthcare: Creating Clarity, Efficiency in a Pandemic
For Healthcare: Creating Clarity, Efficiency in a Pandemic
About Healthcare: Creating Clarity, Efficiency in a Pandemic
Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) engaged Revelry during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to assess its existing testing tools and processes, and develop multiple HIPAA-compliant software solutions to support improved user experiences (and, in turn, more accurate results), as well as expedited reporting of test results across a system of labs.
Multiple Organizational Goals, A Wide Variety of User Needs
Revelry’s product delivery team, consisting of product managers, design engineers, and full-stack software engineers was challenged to:
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Work with LDH’s Electronic Lab Reporting (ELR) division to:
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Identify lab latency
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Automate the routing of test results to the correct departments within LDH to reduce processing delays
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Identify and support improvements to the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing processes and tooling
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Improve efficiency and clarity for all end users, including patients, clinicians / technicians, and other employees – with a commitment to safeguarding private information
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Enhance employee workflows and access to relevant information
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Create a reporting dashboard for stakeholders and employees to better manage lab relationships
Innovation to Support Patients, Clinicians and the LDH Brand
Revelry’s Product Delivery team, including a product manager and both front- and back-end engineers, delivered across three tracks:
Reactive Contact Tracing
Phase: Validate
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Intake Form
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SMS Bot
Reactive Contact Tracing
Phase: Make
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ELR Data Portal: A data aggregation system allowing users within the ELR division and other associated departments to manage, view, and code-correct test results coming in from facilities across the state
Epidemiological Insights
Phase: Discover
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Data Visualization
Fewer Errors, Faster Test Results
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Data quality errors decreased by 20%
Time between lab resulted and time to Salesforce was:
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Within 24 hours for 50% of results
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Within 48 hours for 75% of results
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Within 72 hours for 95% of results










