Helping a global health-tech company to digitize the demonstration of their Ultrasound machines

As a first step, Daffodil performed an on-site product demonstration in order to understand the key needs and translate them into a technological solution. The Daffodil team set up a strategic development process in place.Our expert business analyst team analyzed the application requirements, identified project risks and created a comprehensive development plan. The Daffodil team identified appropriate resources and converted this project into a standalone enterprise iPad app with virtual touch control feature using Ionic framework, ngAnimate, Angularjs, and Apache Cordova.

On the project management front, the project plan was developed using Hybrid Agile methodology. A combination of 2 different methods i.e. Waterfall and Agile were used to plan and monitor the project in order to provide the flexibility and transparency necessary to adapt to the fast changing requirements of stakeholders along with a step towards continuous delivery.

The user experience was one of the project’s cornerstones. We focused on creating intuitive usability to facilitate sales reps to easily navigate through the application and provide a seamless demonstration of the ultrasound machine and its workflows through 3D visualizations and workflows. 

Based on our firsthand experience and training with the system and sonographer, Daffodil built a workflow simulator within the application. It directly mimicked the Ultrasound machine’s  experience, displaying the exact same button configurations and workflow choices that clinicians who use the system everyday would see. Not only could reps walk their customers through what makes the machine’s experience better, customers themselves could take the ultrasound machine on a “test drive” without actually making the reps lug a huge $150,000 box from office to office.

A user can simulate different workflow tools like protocols, annotations and body markers using a touchpad and trackball. The complete “monitor control panel” was replicated in the app so that users could try out all controls before placing the purchase order for the machine. It also works as a digital “ultrasound sales companion” with pre-uploaded videos & literature to provide more information on the machine. A user could select different versions of the machine within the app and the app displays the different features available on the selected model number.

The user is also able to simulate different workflow tools like Protocols, Annotations and Body Markers using touchpad and trackball. The complete “Monitor Control Panel” was replicated in the app so that users can try out all controls before placing the purchase order for the machine. It also works as a digital “Ultrasound Sales Companion” with pre uploaded videos & literature to provide more information on the machine. Users can select different versions of the ultrasound machine and the app also displays the different features available on the selected model number like Nuance PowerScribe 360, M&R package etc.