The medical and healthcare industry has unique needs. Professionals are obliged to take a practical approach to learning by attending conferences and CPD events. At the same time, it’s not easy to find such certified and accredited meetings in the UK. Upraisal, an events aggregator and management platform is the innovative solution to this problem. Upraisal makes it easier for healthcare professionals to gather in one place.
The customer has a precise vision of the product, for both now and the future, supported by deep analysis of the medical market.
The platform is ultimately intended to help in the development of a medical career, allowing the checking of accumulated CPD points and better control of one’s career path development. Upraisal is focused on automating the work that needs to be done by event managers and learners alike.
The project was divided into two parts:
easy management of events
advanced search options for healthcare events
automation of certificate generation
out-of-the-box participant information gathering
The project came with significant challenges:
automatic certificates sent via email after the event is finished
notifications on new conferences linked to one’s specialization
automatic inclusion on the list of participants
We provided the client with a user-friendly web application that helps users to organize and search for healthcare events. The platform is refined in every detail, including the fact that the participant can choose his/her food preferences during the conference. Also, the application easily supports online and offline conferences. Upraisal has also quickly built trust and recognition in the medical industry, gaining several thousands of active users within the first three months since the platform was launched.
The mobile application focuses on the end-user, the event participants. Ulam Labs built a mobile app from scratch in just 4 weeks, providing smooth user experience and eye-catching design. We especially took care of the entire enrollment process which allows the participants to search for conferences, book the place in the event, or even choose food preferences smoothly. A user profile allows healthcare professionals to track the accumulated CPD points to match the searches to the current needs of the user.
The mobile application is a perfect complement to the whole Upraisal project. Now our client can handle two groups: events’ organizers and participants.
Front-end development
The user interface and main parts of the system were very carefully planned and designed in the front-end with a user-friendly search engine. The event page shows all relevant information: date, place, form of event and its description. In addition, event organizers can easily submit new conferences via an intuitive panel.
Sophisticated search engine
Medical professionals can search for events within their profession, interest and location.
Zoom integration
Due to worldwide changes concerning stationary events, the platform also enables the creation of online events and webinars.
Payment integration
The platform allows participants to pay for their place at a conference thanks to integration with Stripe's payment processing platform.
Mobile application
We developed handy mobile apps using the Flutter framework. The apps’ users can search for and enroll in events as well as control the CPD points on their user profile.
The tech stack we used for the back-end included Python and Django - our core business specialization.. We also developed the front-end of the platform with Vue.js, which offers an intuitive interface design for easy everyday use. Everything is deployed on the Kubernetes cluster on top of Google Cloud Platform, frontend is additionally passed through Google’s CDN to minimize the load time. Smooth payments are provided through integration with Stripe’s payment processing platform, while mobile applications are built with the Flutter framework.
I was very pleased with the team and the way they worked. We went through the project, and I felt comfortable with them. Ulam Labs focused on what I wanted to do. There was a developer on our first call with them, which was really reassuring to me. It showed me that they were genuinely interested in the technology as opposed to just the sale.
