Patient Imaging Platform

A pioneering healthcare technology company bridging the gap between medical providers and patients with secure, innovative digital solutions. Today, we proudly present our flagship product, a comprehensive, cloud-native platform that revolutionizes how medical imaging data — X-rays, CTs, and MRIs — is managed, accessed, and controlled. In this document, we’ll walk through the critical challenges patients and clinics face, introduce our powerful solution, detail the AWS-powered development journey, highlight the technical challenges we overcame, and showcase the robust, scalable technology stack behind it all.

The Problem: A Broken System for Medical Imaging

The current process for patients to access and manage their medical imaging is fragmented, insecure, and outdated. This leads to serious real-world consequences:

Inaccessible Historical Data Patients have no portable, lifelong archive of their scans — making second opinions, specialist referrals, and care continuity nearly impossible.
Emergency Blind Spots In critical moments, first responders and ER teams have zero access to prior imaging, delaying diagnosis and risking lives.
Family Management Chaos Parents and caregivers juggle separate records for children and elderly relatives — no unified view, no shared access.
Insecure & Inefficient Delivery Clinics still rely on CDs, USBs, or unsecured email to send DICOM files — slow, unreliable, and a clear HIPAA violation risk.

Our Solution: Patient-Controlled, Clinic-Enabled, AWS-Powered

A secure, dual-interface platform that puts patients in full control of their medical imaging — for life.

For Clinics (Web Admin Console): Staff log in, and upload DICOM files directly to Amazon S3. A serverless Lambda function instantly triggers, processes the file, and sends a push notification via Amazon SNS to the patient’s app.
For Patients & Families (Mobile App): Users receive an SNS push alert for new scans. To download, they verify identity via SMS OTP (also via SNS). Family profiles are securely stored in DynamoDB, enabling instant switching.

Development Journey: Built AWS-Native, End-to-End

Requirement Analysis & AWS Well-Architected Review Conducted in-depth workshops with clinics and applied the AWS Well-Architected Framework to ensure security, reliability, and cost-efficiency from day one.
Serverless Architecture Design Mapped full data flow: S3 → Lambda → SNS → DynamoDB → SES, minimizing ops overhead and enabling auto-scaling.
Agile Development
- Backend: Lambda + API Gateway (Python)
- Data: Single-table DynamoDB design for users, families, and metadata
- Frontend: Flutter mobile app + Angular admin console
Rigorous Testing
- Validated DICOM processing, load-tested with CloudWatch, and stress-tested Lambda/DynamoDB
- Security audits: IAM, S3 policies
Deployment & DevOps
- IaC with AWS CDK
- CI/CD via CodePipeline + CodeBuild
- Live on App Store/Google Play and CloudFront

Challenges & AWS-Powered Solutions

Handling Large DICOM FilesChallenge: Managing storage and processing of massive, variable-sized DICOM files (up to 400MB). AWS Solution: Leveraged Amazon S3 for durable, infinitely scalable object storage. Used S3 Event Notifications to instantly trigger AWS Lambda functions for metadata extraction and processing — no servers, no delays.
Ensuring HIPAA Compliance & End-to-End SecurityChallenge: Protecting sensitive PHI across upload, storage, access, and sharing. AWS Solution: Built exclusively on HIPAA-eligible AWS services (S3, SNS, SES, DynamoDB), applied least-privilege IAM policies.
Reliable, Real-Time NotificationsChallenge: Delivering instant, fail-safe SMS and push alerts for scan availability and OTPs. AWS Solution: Used Amazon SNS as a fully managed pub/sub service — handling SMS OTPs and mobile push notifications (via FCM/APNs) from a single, globally scalable platform with 99.9%+ delivery reliability.
High-Performance Access to Complex Family DataChallenge: Delivering sub-10ms responses for user profiles, family trees, and scan history. AWS Solution: Deployed Amazon DynamoDB with single-table design and Global Secondary Indexes (GSIs) — enabling lightning-fast queries (e.g., “get all X-rays for family member Y”) with consistent single-digit millisecond latency.
Decoupling & Asynchronous ProcessingChallenge: Avoiding bottlenecks during bulk uploads or post-payment workflows. AWS Solution: Integrated Amazon SQS to decouple services. For example, after payment confirmation, an SQS message triggers async DICOM conversion via Lambda — ensuring resilience and smooth scaling.

Technology Stack: 100% AWS Cloud-Native

Cloud Provider: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Compute & APIs

Serverless Backend: AWS Lambda ( Python)
API Layer: Amazon API Gateway

Data & Storage

DICOM & Image Storage:Amazon S3 + Amazon HealthImaging (optimized DICOM ingestion, metadata extraction, and fast pixel rendering)
User & Metadata Database:Amazon DynamoDB (profiles, family links, scan metadata)

Communication & Notifications

SMS + Push Alerts:Amazon SNS (SMS OTPs + FCM/APNs push)
Transactional Email:Amazon SES (registration, resets, alerts)

Workflow & Resilience

Message Queuing:Amazon SQS (async processing, decoupling)

Frontend & Delivery

Mobile App:Flutter (iOS & Android),
Admin Console:Angular, served via Amazon CloudFront + S3

DevOps & Infrastructure

CI/CD: AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild
Monitoring: Amazon CloudWatch

Our Vision

A foundation of patient-owned health data. By building on AWS’s secure, scalable infrastructure, we ensure your imaging is instantly accessible, fully controlled, and always protected — paving the way for a truly connected, patient-empowered healthcare future.

Conclusion

This platform represents a paradigm shift in medical imaging management. It eliminates CDs, secures data, unifies family records, and prepares patients for emergencies — all while giving you, not the system, full ownership. Built with AWS’s gold-standard infrastructure, it delivers performance, privacy, and peace of mind.