Eshmun: Telenursing App for Remote Elderly Care
HealthTech

Eshmun is Beetroot’s R&D telehealth app that helps nurses, medical practitioners, and family caregivers monitor aging patients’ health by collecting real-time telemetry data and displaying it in a user-friendly dashboard.

  • TECHNOLOGIES

    • .NET
    • Python
    • Flutter
    • React Native

  • TEAM COMPOSITION

    • Business Analyst
    • Senior Software Engineers
    • Tech Lead

Background

Eshmun is Beetroot’s in-house R&D project, started in 2022 in Sweden, that turns the company’s cross-domain experience into a telehealth product for aging care.

The app connects patients, caregivers, and platform administrators, helping care providers see the full picture of a patient’s health in one place.

Project Recap

  • Each healthcare ecosystem combines different technologies, so interoperability and regulatory compliance were the key product challenges.

  • A four-layer architecture with dedicated clients, real-time communication, APIs and microservices, and cloud infrastructure.

  • An ongoing R&D product that helps improve seniors’ quality of life and extends healthcare providers’ capacity.

Challenge

Eshmun is designed to let caregivers monitor aging patients’ health remotely through real-time telemetry data. Because every healthcare provider uses its own mix of technologies and software, the product must fit into very different ecosystems.

The project faced several challenges:

  • Interoperability with different healthcare providers’ systems
  • Compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, and PIPEDA
  • Reliable real-time communication between patients and caregivers

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Solution: Interoperable and Scalable Telehealth Architecture

The Eshmun app was built with interoperability and scalability in mind. Its architecture has four layers: Clients, Communication Components, API & Management, and Storage & Infrastructure services.

  • Dedicated Clients

    Separate interfaces for patients, caregivers, and administrators, including a web dashboard and a mobile app for caregivers.

  • Real-Time Communication

    Voice messaging, live chat, alerts, and safe-listing connect patients and caregivers through proprietary devices.

  • APIs and Microservices

    A management layer handles routing, authentication, notifications, and pub/sub to process and deliver data.

  • Cloud Infrastructure

    Cloud services host the API and business logic, store user and business data, and run background operations.

  • Built-In Compliance

    Communication features are designed to meet healthcare standards such as HIPAA, GDPR, and PIPEDA.

  • Cross-Platform Access

    The platform works on desktop, tablet, and mobile, including iOS and Android, built with Flutter and React Native.

Results

Eshmun is an ongoing R&D project in which Beetroot’s senior software engineers and tech leads invest about 6–8 hours per week.

  • “We decided to build a telehealth app as it creates a tangible difference for patients and care providers alike. In addition, telemedicine enables us to use the most cutting-edge technologies and gain further experience in navigating healthcare’s complex, highly regulated landscape.”

    – Natalia Piantkovska, Business Analyst at Beetroot

  • Better quality of life

    The platform helps seniors live safer, more independent lives with remote care.

  • More care capacity

    Real-time data and alerts help healthcare providers support more patients.

  • Ready for any ecosystem

    The interoperable architecture adapts to different healthcare providers’ systems.

  • Growing healthcare expertise

    The project builds Beetroot’s hands-on experience in regulated HealthTech.

  • “The most exciting thing for me in this project is collecting data from devices and using it to simplify caregivers’ routine tasks. Realizing that people’s lives can literally depend on your product’s reliability gives extra motivation to work harder.”

    – Vitalii H., Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead at Beetroot

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