Medicate

Speech automation and recognition system for hospitals

The system of docflow automation in healthcare centers of the UK. Doctors don’t waste time filling medical records by hand. Instead they dictate a text during an appointment and then load the audio into the system. This audio file is converted into a note in a medical record and a letter for a patient. The systems stores documents, converts audio into texts, prepares and prints out letters and reports.

The system is used by 45 000 health workers daily. 4 000 000 medical disposals were transcribed during 2015.

Project in figures

• 35% annual growth in customer turnover
• 87% increase in the value of the product for the year
• 15 developers, 1 PM, 6 QA, 1 DBA

Initially the architecture allowed 3 000 records a day. We optimized and took away dozens of unnecessary database requests, changed Entity framework to our own solution and improved business logic. It increased load up to 80 000 records a day. Since the cooperation began, client’s annual turnover has grown up to 35%, the product cost increased by 87% during last year.

technologies

Key technologies: Python, C++, Objective C, Swift, .NET, MS SQL, SQ lite, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Windows Forms, JavaScript
Testing tools: Jira, Ranorex, VMWare, Fiddler Tool, Log Monitor

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