NHS-Grade Innovation: Our Collaboration with Quantum Health Solutions
Company Name
Quantum Health Solutions
Size of Business
5
Industry
Healthcare
What They Do
A platform for NHS Trusts to manage seasonal vaccination campaigns for their staff - increasing uptake and simplifying reporting
Noteworthy Achievements
Helped NHS trusts deliver over 600,000 vaccinations and saved trusts 10s of thousands by preventing over ordering of vaccines.
The Story So Far
Problems We Had To Solve
- The client had an existing MVP product that had hit a hard limit in users and capability
- They had a tight deadline as they would soon be onboarding new clients
- They needed to pivot rapidly to offer COVID as well as flu vaccine management
- It was a complex offering that would be subject to NHS information governance standards
The Plan
- Run our North Star Workshop to understand the long as well as short term vision for the product
- Carry out a technical audit of the existing product to see what could be re-used and what had to be rebuilt
- Complete rebuild of the back end with a more suitable framework creating huge performance improvements
- Provide additional support to go through NHS information governance audits
The Tech Dept understands our product and what we’re trying to achieve. We have a great working relationship with them. I like that they’re not too techie. They help us solve the problem simply. ‘This is the problem; this is how we do it. There’s no rubbish around the side’. In contrast, other dev agencies need us to spell it out. If we don’t get the explanation exactly right, they don’t get it right. So they build the wrong thing.
Clare Baldwin
Co-Founder
The Challenges
- Tight timeframe as they would soon be onboarding new clients
- Complex requirements and use cases
- Addition of COVID vaccination with different rules and variations
- Working in a regulated environment
What We Did
- Completely rebuilt the backend of the application on a scalable framework for huge performance improvements resulting in a system that can support hundreds of thousands of users.
- Significant rework of the front end to move the rules and logic to the backend resulting in improved performance.
- Improved the schema and data structure to make the product extensible in line with the founders’ long term vision.
- Provided CTO level support to help the client complete NHS due diligence processes and implement best practices such as disaster recovery plans.
Technologies Utilised
- SQL DB
- .Net backend
- React Front end
- MS Azure serverless infrastructure
- MS Azure event grid
- Identity Server 4.xx