AI-powered qPCR platform: Improving error detection rates by 18% and user productivity by 32%
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Project overview
Quantitative PCR (qPCR) testing has been a boon for healthcare professionals and life sciences researchers, who used to rely on manual qualitative testing.
Unlike PCR, which returns a simple presence/absence result, qPCR testing also quantifies the amount of the target DNA in a given sample. It’s also less time-consuming, meaning its results inform treatment faster.
Unsurprisingly, qPCR testing quickly became helpful in diagnosing infectious diseases. With its help, healthcare professionals diagnose and treat patients more promptly. Moreover, they improve patient outcomes thanks to more granular data.
Our client, a life science imaging company, designs and develops hardware for conducting quantitative testing. Founded in 2013 by experts with sixty years of combined experience, our client has launched multiple products for lab testing, including the first hybrid CCD imager/laser scanning system. Over 5,000 labs worldwide currently use its products.
The client turned to us with a request to rework the interface for its real-time PCR system, which was already on the market. The interface needed to become more dynamic while remaining intuitive and practical for healthcare professionals. At the same time, our client wanted to enhance its product with advanced AI-powered analytics. It had to provide users with diagnostic insights while weeding out potential errors to ensure patient safety.
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Business challenges
Our client came to us with two core goals:
- Enable the product’s users to save time with an intuitive cross-platform solution.
- Improve testing accuracy with advanced AI analytics.
To that end, we sought a way to present advanced AI capabilities in an easy-to-grasp, convenient platform.
To save users time, our client needed us to design and implement a simple interface with powerful data visualization features that support real-time processing. The platform also required comprehensive auditing and reporting capabilities that meet the needs of healthcare specialists. Finally, it had to look great on any device, from smartphones to desktops.
Improving testing accuracy with AI capabilities also presented challenges. The AI model would have to process and analyze large volumes of diagnostic data in real time to identify trends and provide diagnostic suggestions. Thus, we had to ensure the platform consistently performed well with an optimized and scalable data architecture.
At the same time, we had to ensure a 99.9% machine learning algorithm accuracy and train the model on 250,000+ real-world data samples covering various scenarios.
To zero in on all strategic business needs and technical requirements, we conducted a thorough discovery phase in close collaboration with our client. Here’s a brief overview of its results:
Strategic business needs
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Solutions
We rose to the challenge and delivered an easy-to-navigate platform with advanced AI analytics capabilities for healthcare professionals. Despite shifting priorities during the project, our solution was ready on time and met our client’s strategic business goals and technical requirements.
Following the client’s needs, we ensured that the AI output met the 99.9% accuracy requirement and was trained on diverse datasets to ensure high model generalization. Thanks to our robust data architecture, the AI model can analyze over 1,000 samples per second without decreasing performance or speed.
We also designed the user platform to meet healthcare professionals’ critical needs. To that end, we added customizable reporting, robust auditing, and interactive data visualization features. With their help, users monitor and interact with testing and AI results in real time. We also ensured the platform complies with healthcare industry standards on data privacy and security and looks appropriate on any device.
User-centered UI/UX design
Since the very beginning, we relied on extensive user research to design an interface that facilitates real-world workflows, from data retrieval to visualization and reporting. We refined our wireframes and user flows during multiple iterations until we finalized the interface design.
To ensure the platform’s ease of use, we settled on a high-contrast color scheme and clean layouts with strategically placed whitespaces. We also paid extra attention to the typography, which instantly communicates the importance of each element.
Responsive, high-performance interface
In line with our client’s requirement for cross-platform support, we created layout variations for different screen sizes and device types. We implemented the platform's front end using React, a popular JavaScript framework. Thanks to this choice, we ensured the platform remained fast and easy to use on any device.
Intuitive navigation
We made every part of the platform easy to navigate on any device with the help of intuitive iconography and a well-thought-out platform structure. To simplify navigation, we made any screen reachable with no more than five clicks or taps while planning the solution’s structure.
Interactive, easy-to-grasp data visualization
As per our client’s requirements, we implemented real-time data visualization in graphs, tables, and Level Jennings (LJ) plots. It’s possible to interact with available data, filtering and comparing it to inform users’ decision-making. Our efforts made complex data easy to comprehend at a glance, even when it’s evolving in real time.
Thanks to our choice of React, the interface reflects dynamic changes in data with minimum latency. Backed by an optimized data architecture, the platform processes over a thousand samples while maintaining high performance.
High-performance AI-powered trends and suggestions
We trained the AI model on 250,000+ real-world data samples. It enabled machine learning algorithms to spot patterns across various cases, ensuring the model’s versatility. Thanks to a data architecture optimized for real-time processing, the AI model can analyze hundreds of samples per second to detect errors and identify trends.
In addition to error detection and trend analysis, we implemented a predictive analytics tool. It produces diagnostic recommendations based on the identified trends and other patient data comparisons.
New audit system to facilitate data retrieval
As the platform’s users spend considerable time working with complex data, we had to address their most significant time wasters to facilitate their work. Data search and retrieval was one of them.
We designed and implemented a new audit system to streamline data search and retrieval. With its help, users filter, sort, and export test data in multiple formats (CSV, PDF, etc.) as it updates in real time.
According to early feedback, this system boosted productivity and efficiency by 32%. Users praised the ability to search records using parameters like test date, type, and patient ID, which saved them time.
Comprehensive reporting tools
We also implemented robust reporting features to meet healthcare professionals’ needs. Users generate reports on our platform using custom templates with a single click, complete with AI-powered trends and identified issues.
Automatic report generation saves healthcare professionals precious time while facilitating diagnostic decision-making. Don’t take our word for it: 95% of early users reported they considered the reporting toolkit effective and intuitive.
Data privacy and security
The platform handles highly sensitive patient data, so we protected it with robust role-based access features. We also implemented two-factor authentication and strong encryption for login credentials to prevent data exposure to unauthorized parties.
On top of that, we worked closely with our client to ensure our solution complied with all applicable regulations and industry standards. As a result, our client could rest assured the platform would be fully in line with HIPAA, CCPA, and other legal requirements.
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Impact
Thanks to its advanced AI capabilities, industry-grade data privacy and security, and intuitive user-centered design, our platform demonstrated a measurable impact across the client’s metrics, including the following:
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The responsiveness, attention to detail and high-level communication from Darly Solutions was outstanding. Communication with the team was all online and was absolutely seamless. They were highly responsive, worked to tight deadlines and provided great feedback and communication throughout the entire project to ensure it remained on schedule and all quality requirements were being met. They exceeded all of our expectations, from design through to delivery.
LLC Darly Solutions's team performs well since the collaboration started. They are fluent in specific programming languages, they are also fluent in English, and they have a great response time. What is most unique and impressive about Darly Solutions is that everyone in the team is inherently communicative and understands the expertise of their respective fields. The team is very agile and can predict stress situations in which we work together to fix and maintain.
Darly Solutions' work so far inspires confidence, as they're skilled and trustworthy. The health platform is incredibly happy with their work. The team at Darly is communicative, responsive, and responsible. I’d recommend them to people looking to do more than build a simple little software.
By collaborating with Darly Solutions, there is a significant improvement in the project's quality of codes compared to their original codebase. They lead efficient project management and keep the client updated with their reports. They're a flexible team that delivers promising results. They don't just do as they're told, they actively participate in the design process, which is going to yield us a much better platform in the end.
Darly Solutions was able to develop the site with all functions running. The team was responsive throughout the engagement. They excelled at scheduling and delivered projects on the specified timeline. The whole team was a pleasure to work with. I am very glad that I entrusted them with my project, this is the best company for me!
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