Statix

Statix engaged Zibtek to provide custom healthcare software development services and built an online application that facilitates multi-center studies that:

• Define question sets and online surveys in order to collect information from patients

• Provide coordinated data collection for multi-center research projects

• Provide HIPAA compliant data storage for healthcare information

• Provide efficient data delivery (including real-time raw data, real-time performance metrics and more)

Solutions

• We automated all the work that was previously done manually in the application. Some primary issues resolved included:
  1. Automated updating of attempt logs in the database using Angular: Using Bootstrap and Angular, we automated the task of updating attempt logs in the database. We created a list, ‘Attempt type’ on the website that contained various options (including ‘No answer’, ‘Email sent’, ‘Phone busy’, and more). Unlike before, site coordinators no longer need to enter the patient's ‘attempt logs’ record manually in the database. Users simply needed to pick any option from the ‘attempt type’ list, and the record will automatically get updated in the database.
  2. Automated scheduling of surveys using Angular: Using Angular, we automated the scheduling of surveys on the website. We provided a list of options, from which the site coordinators or interviewers from the client side can select any date or time they want to take surveys. The surveys will automatically trigger on the web application at the selected time and date.
  3. Provided a proper randomization process using MEAN stack (Full-stack JavaScript, including MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, and Node.js): Using MEAN stack, we provided a proper randomization process (the most reliable method for clinical trials) available on web application. The structure doesn’t allow hospitals or doctors to manipulate the results; removes bias, providing a real representation to the patients regarding the treatment or drugs used.
• Using MEAN stack, we improved and enhanced all the backend functionalities of the software application that were outdated. We reduced load time for all web pages and resolved all the issues related to data storage and data handling. Also, we modernized the interfaces for the entire front-end leveraging modularized loading capabilities.
• Using the Twilio REST API, our developers coded the app to provide a two-factor authentication (2FA) process and resolve security concerns.
• We embedded a Business Intelligence (BI) tool--MongoDB Charts. This reporting tool represents data in the form of dynamically created charts. With MongoDB Charts, the client was able to derive key insights, such as how a given study is progression, how the users are responding to the application, and how the survey responses from patients were progressing, etc.
• After significant research, our experts presented Microsoft Power BI and MongoDB Charts as a budget-friendly option.
  1. Developers used a cloud service-- MongoDB Atlas
  2. Node.js APIs were connected to MongoDB Atlas from the application
  3. They also added additional security features, including:
     • Admins, super admin on the client, were created and authorized to access the database or dashboard of the website in order to create charts programmatically.
     • Admin and super admins on the client site can grant access to the database and grant view permissions to end users.

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Result

Reliance on the heavily modified wordpress CMS was ended with the launch of the new, custom software application. Following the successful web application launch, the client has begun further development of a mobile application project in order to further enhance the product offering.

Business outcomes that we delivered for this project:

• Application data retrieval and loading times were reduced by 90%, improving the overall application performance.

• The application became scalable with increased hardware availability.

• 40% increased in automation, as manual work has been eliminated.

• With the introduction to new technology and services, we delivered an error-free and superior quality application to our client using a cost-effective approach.

• Using modern technologies, our developers added additional functionality above the previous web application, enabling it to meet the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) policy standards.