Patient-centric Unified EHR/EMR Platform

Project Background

The client is a successful American entrepreneur who wanted to disrupt the US healthcare services industry by introducing a unified health record system, wherein patients possess their own health data.

Typically, health records in legacy systems are siloed and stored within a single medical institution. Healthcare institutions must adhere to the same FHIR protocol, but due to its abstract nature, they each interpret the standard slightly differently. This consequently hinders seamless and instantaneous data transitions between hospitals. Meanwhile, patients have no control over these transitions and their own health data. Often, when a patient relocates or changes healthcare providers, their information regarding previous examinations, test results, treatment plans, and efficacy data are lost. In these cases, patients may have to undergo the same tests and checkups again, which can not only cause unnecessary delays and costs, but also additional health risks (e.g., repeated exposure to radiation from X-ray imaging).

Client's Request

The client wanted to build a web-based platform, which would solve two major problems with the current standard medical record-keeping approach: patients’ lack of control over their own data, and a scarcity of well-coordinated care.

The client was impressed by Itexus’ portfolio of diverse projects in the healthcare industry and felt confident in delegating the system development to our team, as the project was expanding and their in-house tech team didn’t possess the bandwidth to handle it on their own. After gaining the client’s trust, we were quickly able to accelerate the whole development process. 

Solution Overview

Itexus started by building 2 key modules:

The system ensures real-time data updates and synchronization via WebSocket connections.

Once enough data has accumulated in the system, the plan is to use AI algorithms to further analyze patients’ health and genetic risk factors to make predictions (e.g., the likelihood of certain hereditary diseases) and provide subsequent recommendations for treatment.

Results & Future Plans

The first version of the system has been made available to the first users. Beta testing is currently underway, and the client is working with hospitals to integrate the system and making efforts to raise the next round of funding.

The next version of the healthcare system will be enhanced with additional functionality, particularly regarding the integration of AI and predictive analytics of users’ health data.