Medal was an attempt at solving healthcare interoperability using a novel approach. Instead of relying on APIs and glue code, the power of print drivers, Natural Language Processing, and point of care software proved to be a technological cure for an industry that still primarily used analog fax machines.
Medal's tech had three components:
Medal Print- a custom print driver that converted medical records into a custom format and securely transferred it to the Medal Cloud
Medal Cloud- this is the main interface that clinicians and other stakeholders used to view and search medical records. Our platform enabled research at massive scale by de-identifying and categorizing data from medical records. We also built an HL7/FHIR interface for sharing at scale.
Medal App- Data should tell a story. The Medal App aggregated indexed data to provide a clear narrative of patient care over time.
