The integration of technology into healthcare services has transformed the way patients receive care and how healthcare professionals manage their workflows. A key part of this change is creating healthcare apps that make communication easier, increase access to medical services, and improve how well patients do overall.
ConnectyCube stands out as a crucial platform here, providing strong features designed specifically to build secure and effective healthcare apps.Integrating ConnectyCube platform into Healthcare project make it reliable, user-friendly and competitive on the market!
A modern healthcare app should include a range of features to ensure comprehensive, user-friendly, and secure functionality.
Key features for modern healthcare app
- Appointment scheduling: enable users to book, reschedule, and cancel appointments with healthcare providers.
- Telemedicine: provide voice, video or chat consultations with healthcare professionals.
- Health tracking: include tools for tracking vital signs, physical activity, diet, and symptoms.
- Medication reminders: alert users to take their medications on time.
- Electronic health records: access to personal medical records and test results.
- Prescription management: manage and refill prescriptions.
- Integration with gadgets: sync with devices like fitness trackers and smartwatches to collect health data.
- Data privacy and security: ensure compliance with regulations like HIPAA and GDPR to protect user data.
Let’s explore how ConnectyCube helps developers create new and innovative healthcare solutions.
User Authentication
Authentication of patients and doctors is a fundamental functionality that ensures secure and role-based access to the application’s features. It is required for:
- implementing secure login and authentication for Patient and Doctor. It can be enhanced with:
- multi-factor authentication
- OAuth and single sign-on
- biometric authentication
- user verification (for Doctors is can be licence number)
- сontrol the access levels for healthcare professionals based on their roles such as patients, doctors, nurses, and administrators. Each role should have specific permissions and access to various parts of the app.
For example, patients might access personal health records and appointment scheduling, while doctors could access patient medical histories and telemedicine features.
To implement User Authentication with ConnectyCube, follow the ‘Authentication and Users’ API documentation available for Flutter, ReactNative, Web, Cordova, NativeScript, iOS, Android
User profiles
Create and manage user’s profile by adding personal information, uploading profile photo, adding extra details based on the app’s purpose. Here both Patients can add medical history, medications, allergies, and emergency contacts as additional details important for appointments. Doctors can add their location, appointment time slots, hospitals, etc.
In ConnectyCube the User’s profiles can be managed within the ‘Authentication and Users‘ module: Flutter, ReactNative, Web, Cordova, NativeScript, iOS, Android
User’s management
Effective user management is essential for improving the healthcare experience, it is an important part of smooth communication between doctors and patients. Using advanced management tools, healthcare providers can optimize their operations, while patients can easy find and connect with the right doctors.
For Doctor the User’s management allows:
- to manage the list of Patients together with the additional functionality to extract more details for each Patient
- group / sort / bulk operations for the selected Patients
For Patients the User’s management gives an ability:
- search for a Doctor by category / location / available time slot
- view doctor lists
In ConnectyCube two modules are available to manage user’s registered in the application:
‘Authentication and Users‘ module for basic User’s data management and displaying: Flutter, ReactNative, Web, Cordova, NativeScript, iOS, Android
‘Custom data‘ – for implementing the extended profiles (location, available time, etc): Flutter, ReactNative, Web, Cordova, NativeScript, iOS, Android
Real-time chat
Healthcare professionals can engage in real-time communication with patients and colleagues, discussing treatment plans, providing medical advice, and collaborating on patient care. Integrate chat functionality into the app’s interface, allowing seamless communication without switching platforms.
ConnectyCube ensures messages are encrypted, protecting sensitive information from unauthorised access.
What can be implemented with real-chat chats:
- sending summaries after the appointment
- quick communication with a Doctor to specify the details after the online appointment
- treatment plans correction
- urgent communication on demand
- send receipts to Patients
- sharing medical reports via attachments
- chat redirection if the doctor is OOO
In ConnectyCube the real-time chat API and detailed documentation is available under ‘Messaging‘ module : Flutter, ReactNative, Web, Cordova, NativeScript, iOS, Android
Voice and Video Conferencing
Voice and video conferencing is a key for online appointments as it allows a personal communication between Patient and Doctor at any convenient time. Video conferencing is a new standard that requires high-quality video and audio. ConnectyCube offers high-definition video and audio capabilities, ensuring clear communication and detailed examination.
Patients can join video calls easily through the app, improving access to healthcare services, especially in remote or underserved areas.
What can be implemented with video calls:
- specialist consultations
- conduct virtual consultations between doctors and patients
- facilitating remote diagnosis
- follow-up visits
- ability to add more Doctors for the call on demand
- Doctors consiliums: discussing complex cases, developing treatment strategies, reviewing treatment outcomes, and making collective decisions
- recording the video to return to it when needed.
Step-by-step guide to implement P2P calls for the supported platforms available under ‘Video calling‘ API documentation: Flutter, ReactNative, Web, NativeScript, Cordova, iOS and Android.
‘Conference video calling’ part will help with implementing the group calls on the Flutter, ReactNative, Web, Cordova, iOS and Android platforms.
Push Notifications
Push notifications are the crucial part of any modern application, but for the Healthcare app it is about things related to health and consequently – sometimes cost a lot. Notifications can be personalised based on each patient’s schedule and medical needs, enhancing patient engagement and adherence to treatment plans. Push notifications are delivered instantly, ensuring timely updates critical for patient care management.
How push notifications can be helpful and what type of information they can include:
- send notifications for upcoming appointments,
- medication reminders,
- test results, and
- health alerts.
Implementation of push notification is described in details in the ‘Push notifications‘ API documentation available for each platforms in ConnectyCube: Flutter, ReactNative, Web, NativeScript, Cordova, iOS and Android
Useful links:
Enhanced chat notifications management
Localization support for Push Notifications
Chat bots
A chatbot in a healthcare app can be used to assist patients with booking appointments, providing medication reminders, and answering frequently asked medical questions. For instance, Babylon Health’s app uses a chatbot to conduct preliminary symptom checks, guiding patients on whether to seek further medical advice. This not only enhances patient convenience but also helps healthcare providers manage their workflow more efficiently.
There are two options to implement the chat bot on your website or app:
- build own chat bot with ConnectyCube. The detailed guide is here
- integrate any third-party chat bot available on the market
Data Storage and encryption
Store and manage electronic health records, medical images, lab results, and other healthcare data securely is important to keep the whole Patient’s history in one place for the further usage.
ConnectyCube offers scalable storage solutions to accommodate growing volumes of healthcare data as the app usage expands. Here’s how ConnectyCube handles data storage for healthcare apps:
- Encrypted data storage: ConnectyCube ensures that all healthcare data, including electronic health records, medical images, and lab results, are encrypted both at rest and in transit. This protects sensitive information from unauthorised access and breaches.
- Compliance: ConnectyCube complies with industry standards and regulations such as HIPAA, ensuring that the storage and management of healthcare data meet compliance requirements.
- Cloud-based storage: ConnectyCube uses cloud-based storage solutions, allowing for scalable and flexible data storage. This ensures that the platform can handle the growing amount of healthcare data without compromising performance or accessibility.
- Efficient data management: the platform is designed to manage large datasets, providing access to electronic health records, high-resolution medical images, and lab results.
- Real-time synchronisation: ConnectyCube enables real-time data synchronisation to be sure that any updates to patient records or lab results are immediately available across all connected devices and platforms.
Data storage available in the Admin panel for any application:
Useful links:
Encrypted Push Notifications in React Native
Secure chat: implementing end-to-end encryption in Web and React Native chat apps
Secure chat: implementing end-to-end encryption in Flutter chat apps
Ready code samples
With ConnectyCube’s code samples, you can kickstart your development journey and implement a wide range of essential features for your healthcare app. ConnectyCube provides clear and practical examples to guide you on how to set up 1-1 and group chat messaging, enable video calling, or integrate push notifications. You’ll also learn how to authenticate your users via phone SMS verification, store and retrieve file attachments from the cloud, and explore many more functionalities.
These code samples are designed to be straightforward, ensuring that even novice developers can easily grasp and apply them. By using these examples as a foundation, you can quickly build good and feature-rich applications that meet the demands of today’s healthcare market.
Code samples are available for all supported platforms: Flutter, ReactNative, Web, Cordova, NativeScript, iOS and Android
Conclusion
ConnectyCube gives developers the powerful tools to build secure and modern healthcare apps. With its real-time chat and video features, healthcare providers can offer better and more efficient care. Whether you’re creating a telemedicine app, a patient management system, or a medical chat app, ConnectyCube has the support and infrastructure you need to meet the needs of modern healthcare delivery.
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July 18, 2024
