MEDHOST
Description
MEDHOST's Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) is a specialized software solution that supports emergency departments by enhancing patient care and streamlining operations. The EDIS offers features such as patient tracking, clinical documentation, order management, decision support, and data analytics. With these capabilities, MEDHOST EDIS facilitates efficient workflows, accurate communication, and better decision-making, ultimately improving patient care and safety in fast-paced emergency environments.
Challenge
- Monolithic Architecture: Converting 80% of the monolithic system to microservices while ensuring 20% of serverless components maintain a hybrid architecture that aligns with AWS infrastructure.
- Data Management and Integration: Integrating AWS HealthLake to centralize patient data with a 40% boost in performance, enabling better data accuracy and automatic synchronization across emergency department operations.
- Security and Compliance: Ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations while enhancing data security, achieving an increase in data accuracy and reliability for improved patient outcomes.
- Performance Optimization: Leveraging serverless components to reduce cooling costs by consolidating data and boosting performance by 40%, thereby enhancing operational efficiency.
Solutions
Webkorps implemented a comprehensive solution to enhance MEDHOST’s EDIS capabilities.
- Hybrid Cloud Transformation: Converted 80% of the system to microservices and 20% to serverless components on AWS, utilizing EC2, S3, Lambda, Terraform, RDS, HealthLake, and CloudFront to support dynamic scaling and performance optimization.
- Centralized Data Management with HealthLake: Enabled AWS HealthLake for centralized patient data storage, ensuring enhanced security, accuracy, and compliance with healthcare regulations.
- Improved Performance and Cost Efficiency: Leveraged serverless architecture for data synchronization and reduced cooling costs, achieving a 40% performance boost across the platform.
- Enhanced Security and Compliance: Implemented advanced security protocols and ensured data compliance, supporting MEDHOST's commitment to patient safety and data integrity in emergency healthcare settings.
Impact
The modernization of MEDHOST's EDIS improved emergency care delivery by transitioning to a hybrid cloud architecture, boosting system performance by 40% and enhancing scalability. Centralized data management with AWS HealthLake increased data accuracy and compliance while strengthening security. These advancements streamlined operations, reduced costs, and ensured reliable, real-time access to critical patient data, significantly enhancing patient outcomes and safety in emergency departments.
