The Healthcare Challenge
At Gense Technologies, I led the development of healthcare mobile devices that needed to seamlessly integrate with IoT sensors and provide real-time health monitoring capabilities.
Technical Architecture
The solution required deep integration between mobile applications and hardware:
- React Native Development: Cross-platform mobile apps for iOS and Android
- Hardware Communication: UART, SPI, and I2C protocols for sensor integration
- Real-time Processing: Python scripts with multi-threading for sensor data
- Serverless Backend: Firebase BaaS with GCP Cloud Functions
Key Implementations
- IoT Integration: Direct communication with healthcare sensors
- Authentication Systems: Phone and email-based user verification
- Communication APIs: SendGrid for email and Twilio for SMS
- Performance Optimization: Multi-processing and subprocess libraries
Healthcare Impact
The applications enabled:
- Real-time health monitoring for patients
- Seamless data collection from multiple IoT devices
- Healthcare professional dashboard for patient oversight
- Compliance with healthcare data security standards
Learnings in Healthcare Tech
This experience taught me:
- The critical importance of reliability in healthcare applications
- How to work with hardware constraints and protocols
- Balancing real-time performance with data accuracy
- Healthcare compliance and security considerations