Daffodil helps one of the largest hospitals in New York to reduce door-to-balloon time for STEMI patients through an emergency response app

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. One of the cornerstones of the project was delivery time of the application. 

Hence, Daffodil applied a low-code development approach for developing the application that resulted in reduction of overall development time by 2X. The application, which was estimated to take 3.5 months with a conventional approach was developed in just 1.5 month

Daffodil software developed mobile apps for Android and iOS platform that helps to improve clinical outcomes in patients with STEMI and cardiogenic shock. The app offers an interface that allows doctors, nurses, and health assistants to communicate with each other as soon as a STEMI case is registered.

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.

Depending upon the responsibility that a member in the system holds, different user roles were defined in the app such as:

• Alarm Initiator (Referrer): This user is situated outside the hospital, can practically be a doctor, nurse or health assistant, who will raise a transfer request. The referrer here will send ECG images and details about the patient to the MD in the hospital and transfer center. 
• The Team at the Hospital (Acceptor): This user is the cardio specialist at the hospital. Depending upon details shared by the referrer team, the acceptor team checks the case of STEMI and updates status to the transfer center.  
• Transfer Center:  This user at the transfer center is responsible for associating Ambulance (EMS) with a case and its management.
• EMS: This user is associated with the ambulance and is responsible to pick and drop patients to the hospital and can actively participate in group chat. The group chat members can also track the EMS live while it routes to pick the patient and is on its way to the hospital.

Daffodil also developed a fully customized and modular admin panel that was integrated with the EMS of the hospital. The admin manages all the users and monitors the ecosystem. Admin can activate/deactivate users, check alarms (and their status), analyze pre-procedural metrics, access the patient’s dashboard, and more. With all these user roles, the app enables everyone to collaborate and work simultaneously to take care of a patient. With live GPS tracking, the team at the hospital can stay prepared to treat the patient on time, thereby reducing any risk that a delay in treatment can do.