Healthquest
Patient and Referral Data Platform for Healthcare Providers. One-stop, management and monitoring platform
Overview
Healthquest is a healthcare and wellness service provider with multiple streams of care
provision including pharmacies, home health providers, infusion centers etc.Folio3
developed a middleware dashboard for HealthQuest, automating business flows and
enhancing connectivity with EHR systems and referral portals to streamline patient referrals.
Challenges
- Legacy System Incompatibility: Existing healthcare systems struggled to seamlessly integrate with cloud-based architectures, leading to data silos and operational bottlenecks.
- Manual Process Overhead: Traditional, manual processes in healthcare operations hindered the potential for automation and real-time data processing, limiting the benefits of cloud scalability.
- Fragmented Referral Management: The complex and lengthy referral data entry into the EHR system CareTend added confusion and inefficiency to their workflow.
- Lack of Centralized Reporting: The absence of a centralized reporting solution with graphical representations of business performance data created challenges in monitoring and analyzing operational metrics, hindering data-driven decision-making.
- Inadequate Performance Analysis: The HealthQuest team sought a system that could analyze performance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and time spent on each case to understand their impact on business growth and performance. Real- time data analysis for executive decision-making was a critical need.
Solution & Benefits
- Simultaneous Cloud Connectivity: The middleware dashboard seamlessly connects with referral portals and the EHR system concurrently, utilizing cloud-native APIs for fetching and pushing data in real-time.
- Sophisticated Cloud Alerts: The solution incorporates a sophisticated cloud-based alert mechanism, ensuring real-time updates for the team whenever a case is received through the referral portal.
- Instant Collaboration in the Cloud: All users, from Care Coordinators to Account Executives and Pharmacists, engage with cases within a unified, web-based cloud platform. This enables instant collaboration and ensures that the latest updates are accessible to all stakeholders in real time.
Tools & Technologies Used
Cloud Stack
Development Stack
Milestones & Achievements
Time Saved
Elimination of manual processes resulted in a significant increase in productivity, saving tens of hours previously spent on manual tasks.
Real-Time Collaboration Metrics
Achieved significant improvement in team collaboration efficiency through a cloud-based platform, allowing for instant access to real-time case status and progress tracking.
Efficient Processing
With a team of 40+ executives, HQ has managed to process more than 3000 referrals since its go live.