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Custom Telemedicine Software for Pediatrics

Features, Integrations, Costs, and ROI

In healthcare software development since 2005, ScienceSoft designs and builds specialized telemedicine apps to help provide effective remote pediatric care.

Telemedicine Software for Pediatrics - ScienceSoft
Telemedicine Software for Pediatrics - ScienceSoft

Telemedicine for Pediatrics In Brief

Telemedicine platforms enable remote pediatric care using audiovisual communication, parent-doctor messaging, and image sharing functionality. With pediatric telehealth apps, healthcare providers can reduce the workload of the medical staff, decrease the number of ER visits, and get better care outcomes for children with special care needs. Nowadays, more and more healthcare providers shift to telehealth care delivery because nearly 50% of patients prefer online visits.

Custom telepediatric software is especially valuable as it provides features like personalized immunization schedules, gamification elements for child-friendly consultations, and customizable pediatric assessment tools (surveys, questionnaires) tailored to a certain speciality (e.g., pediatric allergy and immunology). Also, custom software easily supports integration with any required medical devices (e.g., asthma monitoring wearables).

Architecture of Telemedicine Software for Pediatrics

At the core of each telehealth solution is a cloud server with a data storage and processing module and a video streaming server. The former enables collection and handling of patient data, medical staff schedules, appointment recordings, and more. The latter provides real-time video conferencing functionality. The user-facing modules of a telepediatric app include:

Architecture of telemedicine software for pediatrics - ScienceSoft

Telemedicine application for pediatrics includes the following elements:

App for parents or other caregivers

To request real-time appointments for a child with a doctor, message a doctor to consult on new symptoms (e.g., fever), log and track a child’s symptoms and vitals in the app, watch educational videos on the child’s condition, attend support group meetings, etc.

Admin web panel (for hospital supervisors, administrators, etc.)

To view the list of current app users, manage access to the pediatrics telehealth app, manage medical staff’s schedule, etc.

App for medical staff (physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, etc.)

To conduct online appointments, manage pediatric patients’ treatment plans and medication, schedule therapy sessions and consultations with other specialists, monitor a child’s health state.

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Key Features of a Telemedicine Solution for Pediatrics

Depending on the healthcare organization’s business needs, ScienceSoft creates a different functionality set for a telepediatric solution. Here, we list some common features:

Synchronous communication with pediatric patients

  • Scheduled or on-demand video appointments for primary care, follow-ups, regular check-ups (appointment recordings can be accessed later by the doctor or a caregiver).
  • Group and individual physical or behavioral therapy sessions.
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Asynchronous communication with pediatric patients

  • Electronic pre-visit questionnaires to gather initial information on a child’s condition.
  • Instant text messaging (e.g., for parents or other caregivers to get medical advice from a specialist on medication side effects, new disease symptoms and their alleviation).
  • Store-and-forward functionality for a child’s caregiver to share files important for diagnosing (e.g., photos of wounds, skin conditions, UV scans from third-party imaging providers).
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Patient treatment and medication management

  • Custom or template-based treatment plans and consultation summaries (created by a doctor and available for parents/caregivers).
  • Online medication prescription and refill.
  • Sending an online prescription to a selected pharmacy.
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Pediatric patients’ condition monitoring

  • Log of a child’s symptoms (e.g., headaches, fatigue, hyperactivity).
  • Log of a child’s vitals like body temperature, heart rate, etc. (vitals can be entered manually by caregivers or automatically using smart connected medical devices).
  • Nutrition journal (e.g., for children with diabetes, obesity, ADHD).
  • Log of lifestyle (e.g., sleep, screen time) and physical activity (can be monitored using a sensor or a smart medical device).
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  • AI-based detection of symptom patterns (e.g., hyperactivity due to high sugar intake).
  • Identification and alerting doctors and caregivers of abnormal patient vitals.
  • Dashboards with children’s health state based on the collected vitals, logged symptoms, appointments’ records (for medical staff).
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Patient/caregiver support and education

  • Online education and support groups for caregivers of children with chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes, COPD).
  • Self-learning videos or interactive materials (e.g., games), e.g., on chronic disease management, first aid, adapted for children of different age and caregivers.
  • Forums for emotional support for parents or other caregivers.
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Patient data security

  • Multi-factor authentication for pediatric telehealth app users.
  • Application access and identity management.
  • End-to-end data encryption (e.g., of PHIs, appointments recordings).
  • HIPAA and HITECH compliance.
  • Parent/caregiver consent collection before a telehealth visit.
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Healthcare IT Consultant at ScienceSoft with 9+ years of experience

"In my experience, many healthcare organizations providing pediatric care choose telemedicine for chronic disease management. Patients with diseases like asthma, COPD, type 1 diabetes generally don’t require immediate medical interventions but benefit from regular consultations with doctors. Telemedicine solutions help pediatricians monitor children’s vitals and symptoms, adjust the drug dosage, and educate children and their caregivers on disease management to improve outcomes.”

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Important Integrations

Important integrations for pediatric telemedicine software - ScienceSoft

 

By integrating a telepediatric solution with medical IT systems, ScienceSoft creates a possibility for a healthcare organization to leverage various child data for safe diagnosing and care. Below, we show key integrations for telemedicine software for pediatrics.

To collect the vitals of a pediatric patient (e.g., heart rate, body temperature) and send them to the telehealth app server for processing.

  • To provide a holistic view of a child’s medical history.
  • To enable automation of visit record logging in the EHR/EMR and record exporting for billing purposes.

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  • To access the other IT systems via the EHR (e.g., insurance verification, e-prescribing, payment gateways).

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To provide medical staff with direct access to pediatric patients’ medical images (e.g., ultrasound scans).

Laboratory information system

To provide medical staff with access to pediatric patients’ test results (HbA1c level, common blood count, etc.).

Practice management system

  • To provide in-app access for an administrator or caregivers to healthcare specialists’ schedules.
  • To automate billing for healthcare services, streamline accounting, etc.

How We Develop Telepediatrics Software

Below are the typical development steps ScienceSoft takes when developing telehealth software for pediatrics:

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What Determines the Success of Pediatric Telemedicine Software

To ensure successful adoption of telepediatrics software, ScienceSoft's consultants recommend focusing on:

Stability of audiovisual communication – online visit interruptions (e.g., glitches, sound interruptions) can decrease the efficiency of a child’s health examination, physical therapy sessions, etc., so stable videoconferencing is essential for a quality online appointment with a pediatric medical specialist (e.g., physician, psychologist).

Attention-grabbing techniques during an e-visit – as children can be easily distracted by external factors, they need to be encouraged to pay attention to the visit. To ensure that, the app should have interactive UI, animated elements (e.g., icons, doctor’s screen background), gamification (e.g., for patient exams).

How to Tackle the Common Risks of Telehealth Apps?

Among the most common concerns about the adoption of telehealth are the risks associated with cyberattacks and compliance breaches. With 20 years of hands-on experience in IT security, ScienceSoft applies secure development practices and involves seasoned cybersecurity experts to design and deliver telehealth solutions that ensure full PHI protection. We rely on:

Security at the very core of each project

by designing secure software architectures, using secure coding practices, and following DevSecOps approach.

Comprehensive security testing

to find and eliminate any potential software vulnerabilities before it is deployed.

Healthcare software compliance expertise

to make sure your telehealth app follows all relevant regulations, including HIPAA, HITECH, GDPR, etc.

ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and ISO 13485-certified processes

that prove our mature approach to software quality and data security management.

Investments and ROI

Pricing Information

The costs of custom telehealth software for pediatrics range from $150,000 to $200,000 for a general feature set (e.g., online appointments, messaging, vitals tracking). The investments may reach $400,000 if a solution requires advanced features like complex data analytics, remote patient monitoring, or SaMD functionality.

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Key financial outcomes

Telehealth solutions for pediatrics generally reach 100% ROI in ~6 months (depending on the number of visits, the number of pediatricians providing telehealth services, and other related factors).

Increased visit attendance due to remote care availability and the reduced need to travel to the hospital for children and their families (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, University of California Davis).

Reduced hospital admissions related to chronic diseases due to continuous health monitoring of pediatric patients and timely care delivery (UTH).

Increased revenue due to convenient service delivery and reduced operational expenses per visit for a pediatric organization.

Examples of Telemedicine for Pediatrics

  • Kaizer Permanente Northwest implemented telemedicine into pediatric gastroenterology practice. Within a year, 54% of completed appointments were virtual visits.
  • Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Kenya launched a telemedicine platform with connected medical devices in 2021. Now, they provide pediatric care to 72% of the children living in rural areas.
  • Stanford Children’s Health network introduced telemedicine and replaced around 30% of in-person appointments with online sessions.

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Bringing in 18 years of experience in medical software development and healthcare IT consulting, ScienceSoft designs and develops robust software for pediatric care delivery.

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About ScienceSoft

ScienceSoft is a US-headquartered international IT consulting and software development company with 18 years of experience in delivering healthcare solutions. Being ISO 13485 certified, we design, develop and test telemedicine software for pediatrics according to the requirements of the FDA and the Council of the European Union to ensure safe and efficient healthcare delivery to children.