Nocomed

Built a platform for life sciences to measure
carbon emissions with rapid, flexible delivery.

Introduction

NoComed is a leading player in the Med Tech industry, providing innovative solutions to healthcare providers, including the NHS. In response to new regulatory requirements, Med Tech companies must now report their environmental footprint and present a Carbon Reduction Plan to maintain their business relationships with the NHS.

Core Frontend Technologies

Typescript

React Core Framework

Ant Design Components

React Router

Apache ECharts

Vite

Challenges

Med Tech companies face significant challenges in complying with these new environmental reporting requirements. The process of data collection and calculation is often cumbersome and time-consuming, diverting resources away from other critical business functions.Companies spend a significant amount of their sustainability efforts tracking down data, dealing with different data formats and gaps, rather than focusing on reduction projects that make a difference.The need for a comprehensive, user-friendly platform to streamline this process has become essential for maintaining business continuity and staying competitive in the market.
Objectives

Nocomed aimed to develop v1 of their Life Sciences Sustainability Platform with the following goals:

Simplify the management of NHS Sustainability Reporting for Med Tech companies.

Streamline data collection processes, making it easier for companies to gather the necessary data for sustainability reporting from across their organization.
Enable continuous estimation of emissions and integration with external data sources/systems.
Make data collection and calculations less onerous, more collaborative, and more educational.
Streamline data collection processes, making it easier for companies to gather the necessary data for sustainability reporting from across their organization.

Scale and Complexity

The project required managing a significant volume of data from various sources and ensuring the system’s scalability to handle increasing data loads over time. The platform had to integrate with existing NHS systems and third-party services, necessitating a high degree of complexity in both the backend and frontend development. Furthermore, the platform needed to support multiple user roles and permissions, provide real-time data processing, and generate comprehensive reports, all while maintaining high standards of data security and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Methodology Deployed

HST Solutions deployed an agile methodology to ensure rapid development and iterative improvements. The project was divided into sprints, each focusing on specific features and functionalities. Key methodologies and practices included:

Detailed discussions with Nocomed stakeholders to understand their needs and the regulatory landscape.

Collaborative design sessions to create wireframes and prototypes, ensuring alignment with Nocomed’s vision.

Implementing CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment, ensuring rapid and reliable releases.

Regular user testing sessions to gather feedback and make necessary adjustments, ensuring the platform’s usability and effectiveness.

Solutions

HST Solutions was tasked with engineering the front end and UI/UX for Nocomed’s new platform. Leveraging our expertise in Typescript and React, we built a robust, low-maintenance, and reliable web platform that met Nocomed’s requirements. The backend, developed by Nocomed’s internal resources, utilized Python/Django to serve the frontend assets and any simpler HTML pages and forms.

Architecture

The platform follows a standard web application architecture with a Django/Python API and a React/Typescript Single Page App (SPA). Python/Django also serves frontend assets and simpler HTML pages/forms when needed.

AWS Integration

AWS services such as ECS for container management, S3 for storage, RDS for database management, SES for email services, and AWS Secrets Manager for secure credential storage.

Features

Carbon Inventory

Overview:  Enables companies to measure their corporate carbon emissions to report and plan reductions.

Objective:  Ensure companies can submit an NHS Carbon Reduction Plan to maintain business relations with the NHS.

Managed Datasets: Introduces datasets for different aspects such as business travel, refrigerants, waste, company fleet, utility bills, transport, and employee commute. This allows the platform to handle data from multiple sources, calculate emissions, and map to correct emissions factors.

Reduction Planner

Overview:  A platform section where sustainability leads can build plans to reduce emissions through various projects.

Objective: Help companies plan and achieve emissions reductions effectively, supporting them in creating NHS Carbon Reduction Plans.

Functionality: Allows setting emission reduction targets, managing projects, and relating plans to carbon accounting data.

NHS Carbon Reduction Plan

Overview:  Enables Med Tech sustainability leads to manage NHS environmental compliance and generate required reports.

Objective:  Simplify the creation of NHS Carbon Reduction Reports using quality data and effective reduction plans.

Functionality: Provides a compliance checklist, guides on required actions, and allows generating reports for NHS procurement.

Result

The launch of Nocomed’s Life Sciences Sustainability Platform has been a game-changer for Med Tech companies needing to comply with NHS environmental reporting requirements. The platform’s user-friendly interface and efficient data management capabilities have significantly reduced the time and effort required for sustainability reporting. This has enabled companies to allocate more resources towards actual carbon reduction initiatives, fostering a more sustainable future for the healthcare industry.

Conclusion

By partnering with HST Solutions, Nocomed has successfully developed a pioneering platform that not only meets regulatory requirements but also promotes a culture of sustainability within the Med Tech industry. This project underscores our commitment to delivering innovative, reliable, and impactful solutions for our clients.

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