Yrgent

Healthcare application for AI-assisted patient triage, provider matching, and rapid access to medical care.

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AT A GLANCE

Our client, Yrgent, a healthcare start-up, needed a reliable and user-friendly app to improve access to medical care. Our team developed an intuitive application that uses geolocation for doctor searches, a robust verification system to ensure qualified professionals, and features for booking appointments and leaving reviews. We also introduced an AI-assisted intake and triage workflow that guides patients through symptom assessment, structures relevant clinical context, determines the recommended care pathway, and matches patients with the right provider. Computools assisted in engineering a secure, efficient, and scalable platform, significantly enhancing the client’s service delivery and user satisfaction.

THE CLIENT

Yrgent is a start-up founded in 2016 in the US, with a team comprising individuals with backgrounds in healthcare and technology. The company is based in California and raised a US$1 million investment in 2017. Yrgent aims to make access to healthcare faster, more convenient, and safer for everyone through its app, which is available on the App Store and Google Play. The client is a prime example of a start-up addressing a significant social issue, providing quick and convenient access to qualified medical care, and positively impacting many lives.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The client’s problem was that existing doctor search apps were not convenient or reliable enough. They often offered incomplete or inaccurate information about doctors and lacked user security. Finding a nearby physician was also only part of the problem. Patients still needed to understand what type of care they required, identify the right specialist, and navigate from symptoms to an appropriate appointment. For healthcare providers, manually reviewing patient requests and routing them to the correct specialists created additional administrative workload and slowed access to care.

SOLUTION SUMMARY

We developed an app that allows users to quickly and easily find the right doctor in their area. The app uses geolocation to find doctors in the user’s vicinity.

We also implemented a doctor verification system to ensure users receive care from qualified professionals. The vetting system includes document verification, a rating system and internal evaluation.

To extend the platform beyond a traditional “find a doctor near me” experience, we implemented an AI-assisted intake and triage workflow. Patients can describe their symptoms through a chatbot, which asks relevant follow-up questions and structures symptoms, urgency, and relevant patient context.

Based on this information, the system recommends an appropriate care pathway and matches the patient with a provider according to specialty, urgency, location, and availability. Before the consultation, the physician receives a structured summary of the patient’s reported symptoms and relevant context, helping them prepare for the interaction more efficiently.

In addition, we have added several features to the app that make it more convenient and safer for users. For example, the app can book an appointment with a doctor at a clinic, view the route to the doctor and leave reviews about doctors.

As a result, the core patient journey evolved into a connected workflow: describe what is wrong → complete AI-assisted triage → get matched with the right provider → book care.

IMPACT

The launch of the Yrgent app was a success. In the first month after the launch, more than 100,000 users downloaded the app. This figure shows the high interest in and demand for the product.

The expanded AI-assisted workflow also improved how patients and healthcare providers move from an initial request to appropriate care:

  • AI-assisted triage and provider matching reduced manual patient-routing workload for hospitals and providers by up to 30%.
  • Automated patient intake and routing reduced the time needed to match patients with the appropriate specialist by up to 25%.
  • The streamlined intake-to-appointment workflow cut the overall time required to move a patient toward a booked appointment by up to 30%.
  • For patients, AI-guided symptom intake and provider matching reduced the time needed to identify an appropriate doctor by up to 40%.
  • Streamlined triage-to-booking workflows reduced appointment booking time by up to 25%.
  • For Yrgent, automated triage, provider matching, and booking workflows increased completed appointment bookings by up to 30%.

WHY COMPUTOOLS

Yrgent discovered Computools through extensive market research, portfolio reviews, customer reviews, and price comparisons. They also met with potential contractors to understand their approaches and experience in healthcare application development. Computools demonstrated a history of developing successful mobile applications.

Once the partnership began, we prioritised understanding Yrgent’s unique needs and challenges. The initial focus was defining the target audience, analysing market trends, and establishing a comprehensive business plan. Yrgent appreciated the transparent communication, collaborative approach, and rapid progress.

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STORY IN DEPTH

Background

The client saw an opportunity to create a more effective solution to improve access to medical care, ensuring accurate information and secure user interactions. As the platform evolved, the challenge expanded from helping users locate nearby doctors to guiding them from an initial description of symptoms to the most appropriate care pathway and provider.

Approach to solution

Yrgent discovered Computools through comprehensive market research, evaluating multiple development companies. They considered various options but ultimately selected Computools due to our expertise in mobile app development, particularly in the healthcare industry. Specific features like our robust verification system, geolocation-based search, and user-friendly interface set us apart from competitors.

The solution was designed around a connected patient journey rather than a standalone physician directory. AI-assisted intake captures a patient’s symptoms through conversational interaction, asks follow-up questions when needed, structures relevant information, determines urgency, and supports routing to an appropriate type of care.

Computools role

We focused on both the backend and frontend aspects. We acted as specialists in healthcare application development, concentrating on creating a secure, efficient, and scalable platform. Our team was responsible for implementing key features, such as the doctor verification system, geolocation-based search, appointment booking, and doctor rating functionalities. We also developed the workflow connecting AI-assisted symptom intake, triage, provider matching, and appointment booking into a single patient experience.

Key decisions and outcomes

We integrated a geolocation feature that allows users to quickly find doctors in their area, enhancing convenience and accessibility.

Implemented a system for users to have online consultations with doctors, providing medical advice from the comfort of their homes.

Developed a booking system for clinic appointments, streamlining the process for users and doctors.

Created a scalable rating system where users can leave reviews, helping others make informed choices.

Added AI-assisted intake through a chatbot that collects symptoms and relevant patient context while asking follow-up questions to improve the completeness of the initial request.

Structured patient information into symptoms, urgency, and relevant context so that downstream provider matching could use consistent data rather than relying solely on a user’s manual search.

Introduced provider matching based on specialty, urgency, patient location, and physician availability, helping route each patient toward the most relevant care option.

Generated a structured pre-consultation summary for physicians, giving providers relevant information before the appointment and reducing the need to reconstruct the patient’s initial request manually.

Design

The project's design was carried out in two directions: experience and interface. The design basis was developed at the interactive prototyping stage and supplemented with the necessary functions and navigation options. As a result, an intuitive and friendly application design was created. The patient journey was also extended to support a conversational intake and triage experience, guiding users naturally from symptom description to provider selection and booking.

USER PERSONA → SITE MAP → WIREFRAMES → USER INTERFACE

USER PERSONA

A description of a typical user of a product or service

SITE MAP

A diagram that shows the structure of a website or application

WIREFRAMES

Low-fidelity sketches of the layout of a user interface

USER INTERFACE

The visual elements of a product or service that users interact with

DIGITAL PLATFORM & TECHNOLOGY

PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY

Scrum was chosen as the methodology to accelerate and maintain project productivity. One of the most popular methods of the Agile approach, Scrum, has repeatedly proven to be effective, especially on projects where the result is needed quickly.

Continuous testing and verification of the results lead to high efficiency and operability of the application. Scrum development encourages active product owner and stakeholder involvement throughout the product development. Transparency is, therefore, much higher for key stakeholders, both in the project’s progress and in the product itself, which helps ensure that expectations are effectively managed. In Agile development, change is accepted and expected. Often, the timescale is fixed, and detailed requirements emerge and evolve as the product is developed.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY

PROJECT TIMELINE

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WHAT OUR CLIENT SAID

Working with Computools has been a pleasant experience. Their team demonstrated exceptional expertise and dedication throughout the entire development process. The project manager was incredibly responsive and ensured our vision was realised at every stage. The developers at Computools were highly skilled and proactive in suggesting solutions that enhanced the functionality of our app. The result is a robust, user-friendly application that has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our users. We couldn’t have asked for a better partner to bring our healthcare solution to life.

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