Development Accomplishments

Handheld Tool—Improving Healthcare

Client: Leading Cardiologist

Client's Vision/Challenge

• Create an innovative tool that allows healthcare professionals to effectively monitor cholesterol levels in patients whose health depends on strict adherence to guidelines (lipid metabolism disorders).
• Roll out a commercial product, which works on multiple platforms, in just 4 months, with no internal resources to create software.

Why Customer Chose SST:

• Helped client clearly define product requirements.
• Project methods facilitated design, development, testing and delivery on time and within budget.

Expertise:

• Handheld, Windows, and Web applications
• Tools: MS Visual Basic, Visual C++, Palm OS Code Warrior, MS Access

End Result:

• Mobile Lipid Clinic™ Software — 70,000 copies manufactured; product being showcased at major medical conferences, e.g. AHA, ACC, ADA, throughout the US. So well received in US, customer requested development of French and metric versions for international market.

Features:

• Calculation Engine
• Desktop and Palm (PDA) interfaces
• Synchronizes data between desktop and PDA
• Server application which uploads data from doctor’s office to central server
• Web page support for server application