Client Requirement Client required a site designed to provide fact-based insights into the product quality and performance to help patients, providers, payers, manufacturers and others make informed decisions. The huge structure of the site demanded some explicit functions:
The database technology required to be both reliable and scalable. Database performance should be such that it supports millions of events and alerts. There had to be better algorithms for manual cleaning and logical linking of different datasets. Security features had to be advanced. Use of latest graphical representation technology. Several features for rating system, importing reports etc. Better divisions for categories. Advanced search features. Login features. Printing options and filters. Dashboards in order to summarize the information. Social Networking features.
Challenges
Apache Solar was used as the base technology to fulfill the project demands. The client demanded a high ranking search technique and the application should be able to search according to various sections such as search according to tags, geographical focus, category based related disciplines etc. Automated Meta tagging, cross linking and creating extended core taxonomy was a challenge. Drupal framework was selected for social networking features Data import via CSV and quality graphical representation at all places on the website was a challenge.