Histopath - Covid 19 Travel Testing Application

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Histopath Diagnostic Specialists partnered with the government to provide the world’s leading solutions for RT-PCR testing of patients for Covid-19, establishing the first rapid PCR testing clinics in Australia, providing results to millions of patients.

Histopath began offering the Covid Tests for all the international and domestic travellers who needed a quick test turnaround prior to departure. These tests were performed at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Community clinics. The reports produced met airline, country and international body (IATA) guidelines.

To handle the high volume of travellers and provide them with Covid-19 test results at the right time was a challenge for Histopath. So Histopath invested in the latest technology, enabling its team to achieve world leading turnaround times for Covid-19 PCR tests. Histopath engaged with Intergy to build the complete booking, kiosk and lab scanning software systems.

Intergy also worked closely with Histopath’s existing IT provider, Phillips IT, who played the leading role in infrastructure and network support, hardware selection, requirements articulation and application user acceptance testing (on behalf of Histopath). We are grateful for the support we received from Phillips IT which helped to ensure the success of the project under challenging conditions.

The Solution

Intergy designed and developed several applications to overcome the challenges and provided a streamlined approach for test registration, specimen collection, and resulting of the Covid 19 tests (PCR, RAT and IgM). At the pandemic peak, the airports were processing in excess of 6,000 tests a day through this system.

Benefits and features

Registration - Easy-to-use web interface for travellers

The intuitive web interface enables travellers to easily book a Covid 19 test at any of the Histopath clinics including the airports. Travellers travelling by Cruise or Airline are able to book tests for an individual or group of passengers. The flexible interface provides them with an option to select the test location and travel direction, and enter all the details needed for identification. The application is designed to generate required travel certificates by other countries. The system integrates with email and SMS gateways provided flexibility to receive notifications on their test booking and test results. For online payment, the registration forms use payment gateways Till and PayPal to securely process the payment.

Lab Application – for processing the test results

The Histopath Lab App is a configurable specimen collection and resulting tool to process the results of RT-PCR, Rapid Antigen, and IgM (S/N) Blood Antibody tests. The resulting screens of the app are also designed to be used by people suffering from colour blindness. An integrated communication gateway ensures optimal processing of test results via email and SMS. With the ClickOnce deployment technology, the Lap App is self-updating when revisions are rolled out.