FibriCheck smartphone/smartwatch application for arrhythmia monitoring

What was the problem statement?

FibriCheck is a Software-as-Medical-Device (SaMD) product capable of recording and analysing PPG data from consumer devices (smartphones/smartwatches) for heart rhythm evaluation to support medical diagnostic decision-making.

The software needed to resolve the following challenges:

Ability to scale to meet acute user load and system utilisation
Have a centralised control structure for uniform algorithm deployment across all users at all times
Have the ability to service 3 different business models next to each other
Meet strict GDPR/Cybersecurity regulations
Enable continuous product changes and adaptations depending on geographical-, market- and business case-related requirements

The solution

The FibriCheck solution is built on top of the Extra Horizon system and was configured to service its functions. The entire FibriCheck system has the following components and functionalities:

Wearable application (Fitbit and “other wearable provider”)
Mobile application (iOS, Android)
Web application (for patients, for doctors)
Reporting (tailored to type of customer)
Different deployed state-of-the-art AI algorithms (B2C & B2B)
APIs for integration with EMR (HL7/FHIR)
Admin dashboard for user/subscription/data management
Handling of spot-check data and continuous monitoring data
Dedicated communication channeling and interrogation capabilities for informational as well as outcome/research purposes

Device classification

Class II - Medical device (MDD)

Number of Extra Horizon services used

19 services: Algo Service, Auth Service, Configuration Service, Data Service, Dispatcher Service, Event Service, File Service, Group Service, Image Service, Localization Service, Mail Service, Notification Service, Prescription Service, Profile Service, Report Service, Stripe Service, Task Service, Template Service and Users Service.

Type of customer

Digital health company, cloud native, scale up (25 FTE)