A HIPAA-compliant video conferencing platform built to improve communication in hospitals and health institutions in North America. Beyond live video, it gives clinicians remote access to any patient care environment, in-browser medical imaging (DICOM) and a range of reporting and analytics tools.
About the project
Project Overview
Description
An internal eHealth application that provides advanced access to relevant health information, including medical images viewed directly in the browser. It allows real-time communication and enables efficient patient care.
Challenge
To create an MVP version of the Catalyst platform with HIPAA compliance standards, then extend it with features clinicians use every day – including a DICOM viewer that works without plugins or installs.
Outcome
A fully secure telepresence solution that enables real-time, remote collaboration in various healthcare environments – with medical imaging available in the same app as the video call.
our role
Scope of our work
The team was responsible for full-stack MVP development of the single-page application and improving it later on. The scope included the implementation of HIPAA security rules, features allowing real-time access and communication, and extending the open-source OHIF Viewer so doctors can review DICOM images inside Catalyst.
system management
User Types
The platform allows real-time access to both patients and doctors (users) during a procedure. A special device is connected to the machine and streams live to the Catalyst app, while medical images can be reviewed in the built-in DICOM viewer.
Medical imaging
DICOM Viewer
Doctors needed to review medical images in the same place where they collaborate. Instead of building a viewer from scratch, we extended a proven open-source foundation.
Zero-footprint viewer
Built on the OHIF Viewer (React), the tool renders DICOM images natively in the browser – no plugins, no local installs.
Reliable rendering engine
Cornerstone.js handles pixel parsing, memory management and viewport tools such as zooming and panning.
Tailored to Catalyst
Our team extended the viewer’s frontend with custom controls and UI details that fit doctors’ workflows in Catalyst.
Design system
Styleguide
A user-friendly design made by the Ascend team.
Typography
Colors
Components
results
Outcome Gallery
See how it looks inside!
Mobile Screens
Sessions Screen
User flow
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