Doc Talk® Mobile Application | Case Study by Dot Com Development

Mobile App Development

Doc Talk® Mobile Application

DocTalk® was designed by AKDHC MIS in May of 2003. Since then the program has grown into a enterprise level interfaced application utilized by nephrologist and other specialties on web browsers and iOS mobile phone devices. With the success and growth of the application throughout the nation, the demand for DocTalk® across all devices and platforms was necessary. AKDHC soon approached Dot Com Development to help with this task. The primary goal of this project was to take AKDHC’s existing DocTalk® legacy iOS mobile application and port it over to a modernized and scalable HIPAA compliant mobile application mobile for Android devices.

What was the main challenge in this project?

The challenges of this project included a maintaining full HIPAA compliance within the apps infrastructure and architecture, consuming data via numerous legacy API’s, and giving the app the ability to manage massive amounts of hospital and patient information that far exceeds the hardware capabilities of the devices that most users would be using the app on.

What was your solution or approach?

We started by analyzing the existing legacy iOS application around a non live test data set to uncover and define the functional and non functional requirements of the application. Because AKDHC wanted to eventually bring the iOS and Android solutions under a single infrastructure, architecture and code base, we took the time to investigate and advise on the best technology stack suitable for such a requirement that would still satisfy legacy API constraints and HIPAA requirements throughout. Strategic planning was concluded with the creating of a Requirements/Specification document and continued into a full cycle development approach that included the following activities: Screen wire framing and prototyping Iterative development API integration Alpha testing and QA Client UAT internal beta testing Client UAT closed group beta testing Product knowledge transfer and training Marketplace publishing Continued warranty support and maintenance

What was the outcome or impact for the client?

The outcome of this project produced an Android mobile application built on a technology stack that would allow both Android and iOS application to be managed under a single codebase in the future when and if AKDHC decided to merge both code bases together for more efficient and easier management. The Android application is now being distributed and used by by AKDHC physicians to record their daily activity including hospital, office, dialysis unit and surgery center charges increasing efficiency and reduce overall expenses.