Desktop portal for managing hospital devices and optimizing operations

The process

Lemberg Solutions built a desktop portal that digitizes the processes and structures the mess around patient and treatment data in medical centers. Currently, the portal is connected to the Elixion Medical’s automated urinary catheter; however, the portal’s use cases are limitless, as it can be connected to any hospital devices. 

Let’s revisit the process of the portal development, which started with the discovery phase. At that moment, the client didn’t have a comprehensive concept of the final product. Thus, our team helped Elixion Medical fill the gaps by specifying all the necessary features, end-user needs, and functionalities.

The portal features were added to the development scope in close cooperation with healthcare professionals who provided experience-based feedback and recommendations on potential functionalities.

After the discovery phase, we had a design phase — our designers stylized mock-ups based on the wireframes we had built during the discovery phase. Next, our experts provided a detailed estimation and proceeded to the development phase.

As a result, we built a market-ready web browser portal. 

How does the portal we built work?  

1. First, the user (a healthcare staff member) logs in to the system.
2. Then, the user gets access to the list of orders — the prescribed patient examinations and procedures.
3. Once a nurse or a doctor takes an order into processing, they can transfer it between departments.
4. The user then chooses the device that corresponds to a specific order from the list. 
5. Then, user configures the device using system hints.
6. The process ends with the device installation; at this point, the system starts to display all the data collected from the device.
7. ​​​​The examination results are automatically synchronized with the portal, so there’s no need to write down the results and then bring them to the doctor for further interpretation and prescriptions.

Check out the core functionalities we built:   

• Notifications that report device requests, e.g., a urine bag needs to be changed; in that case, the request will be displayed on the chart together with a timeline and patient metrics.  
• Device configuration options — you can set up thresholds, alerts, measurement frequency, etc. The portal provides hints on potential configurations for each device.
• The portal uses the FHIR protocol for safe exchange of healthcare-related information across healthcare systems, applications, and devices. 
• Records management and secure storage of patient data. 

Our client is also building an automated urinary catheter, the first device connected to the portal we built. Our engineers have joined Elixion Medical’s team to help them develop the catheter device's firmware.  

After the client finalizes the part of the system on their side, the portal and smart catheter device will be integrated into one of the hospital systems in Germany, potentially expanding into other healthcare facilities.