Case Studies/LectaMed
Case Study · HealthTech

Scaling a Modern Digital Care Platform for Maternal Healthcare

How SpireDesk embedded a dedicated engineering team to accelerate a comprehensive healthcare platform supporting virtual lactation care, patient engagement, AI automation, and clinical operations.

Client
LectaMed
Industry
HealthTech
Duration
2+ Years
Team
4 Engineers
LectaMed logo
Staff AugmentationVirtual CareAI Automation
01 · Executive Summary

A multi-year embedded engagement that helped build a scalable healthcare ecosystem end-to-end.

LectaMed is a digital healthcare platform focused on improving maternal health through virtual lactation services and connected patient care. To accelerate product development, LectaMed partnered with SpireDesk through a staff augmentation engagement. Our engineers became an extension of the client’s product organization, contributing across frontend, backend, DevOps, analytics, automation, and quality assurance. Together, we helped build a scalable platform supporting thousands of patient interactions, intelligent workflows, AI-powered automation, and business intelligence.

SpireDesk’s engineers became indistinguishable from our internal team, shipping across every module of the platform with real ownership.
Product Leadership, LectaMed
02 · About the Client

LectaMed powers virtual lactation care

LectaMed delivers virtual lactation care through a modern digital platform that connects patients with certified providers while simplifying clinical operations. The platform combines appointment scheduling, patient engagement, care coordination, medical documentation, AI automation, reporting, and operational workflows into a unified healthcare solution.

03 · The Challenge

Delivering enterprise capabilities across a rapidly evolving product

As the platform rapidly evolved, LectaMed needed additional engineering capacity to deliver new capabilities without compromising product quality or regulatory requirements. The team needed experienced engineers capable of working across patient experiences, provider workflows, analytics, automation, integrations, and healthcare operations.

Challenge 01

Scaling Multi-Module Product Delivery

Delivering new capabilities across patient, provider, analytics, and operations modules without slowing velocity.

Challenge 02

Healthcare-Grade Reliability

Meeting enterprise reliability and regulatory expectations while shipping quickly across a rapidly evolving surface area.

Challenge 03

Cross-Discipline Engineering Capacity

Sourcing engineers fluent across frontend, backend, DevOps, analytics, and AI automation in parallel.

04 · Our Solution

Embedded team, integrated across every module

SpireDesk embedded a dedicated engineering team directly into LectaMed’s product organization. Working alongside internal stakeholders, our engineers contributed across nearly every major module of the platform, accelerating feature delivery while maintaining engineering quality.

Embedded Full-Stack Delivery

Our engineers joined LectaMed's product organization end-to-end, contributing across React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS, so every feature shipped through the same sprint cadence and quality bar.

  • Frontend engineering
  • Backend APIs
  • Product architecture
  • Continuous feature delivery

AI Automation & Voice Agents

We integrated AI voice agents into the appointment lifecycle and built workflow tooling that let operational teams orchestrate patient engagement without engineering involvement.

  • AI voice agent integration
  • Automated appointment confirmations
  • Workflow automation tooling
  • AI patient risk scoring

Clinical Analytics & BI

We built the reporting foundation on Amazon QuickSight, giving operators and clinicians real-time visibility into engagement, provider utilization, and outcome metrics across the platform.

  • Amazon QuickSight dashboards
  • Executive reporting
  • Operational metrics
  • Clinical outcome analytics
05 · Platform Capabilities Delivered

Ten modules, one unified healthcare platform

Virtual Patient Appointments

Scheduling workflows connecting patients with certified lactation consultants through an intuitive digital experience.

Clinical Dashboards

Operational dashboards powered by Amazon QuickSight with real-time visibility into appointments, providers, and outcomes.

AI Voice Agents

AI-powered calling workflows that confirm appointments, reduce no-shows, and improve patient communication.

Workflow Builder

Configurable automation tools letting operational teams orchestrate complex healthcare processes without engineering.

CRM & Patient Management

Unified CRM for patient journeys, provider interactions, communication history, and operational workflows.

Campaign Builder

Targeted email, SMS, and voice campaigns for reminders, outreach, and patient engagement at scale.

Medical Intake & Assessments

Digital intake for PHQ-9, GAD-7, patient intake forms, clinical assessments, and digital consent.

Durable Medical Equipment

Breast pump ordering, fulfillment tracking, eligibility management, and patient coordination workflows.

AI Risk Scoring

Intelligent risk scoring that analyzes clinical and engagement data to prioritize patients needing additional care.

Business Intelligence

Reporting infrastructure surfacing engagement, provider performance, conversion funnels, and clinical operations.

06 · Product Screens

A representative look at the interfaces we built

Interfaces reconstructed for portfolio purposes with fictional data. No patient information or proprietary client IP is shown.

Web · Clinical Operations Dashboard
LectaMed clinical operations dashboard
Web · Patient Management
LectaMed patient management list
07 · Engagement Snapshot

A long-term embedded engineering partnership

2+Years
Engagement Duration
4Engineers
Embedded Team
10+Modules
Platform Coverage
100%
Integrated Delivery
Team Composition
  • Full-Stack Engineers
  • Frontend Engineers
  • Backend Engineers
  • QA Engineers
Services Delivered
  • Staff Aug
  • Full Stack
  • Backend APIs
  • Frontend
  • AI Integrations
  • Healthcare Workflows
  • BI
  • QA
  • DevOps
  • Product Eng
08 · Technology Stack

The tools that powered the platform

A modern, cloud-native stack chosen for reliability, scalability, and healthcare-grade delivery velocity.

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLAWSAmazon QuickSightREST APIsAI Voice AgentsDockerGitHub Actions
09 · Results

An enterprise healthcare platform, delivered

Multi-module healthcare platform
AI-powered patient engagement
Intelligent workflow automation
Clinical dashboards & analytics
Automated appointment confirmations
Integrated CRM platform
Campaign automation
Digital healthcare assessments
Breast pump ordering workflows
Enterprise-scale healthcare platform
10 · Outcome

A modern, scalable healthcare platform

By embedding experienced software engineers directly into LectaMed’s product organization, SpireDesk significantly accelerated product development across multiple business-critical initiatives. Our team contributed to virtually every aspect of the platform, from patient scheduling and provider operations to AI automation, reporting, healthcare workflows, campaign management, and clinical intelligence.

The result was a modern, scalable healthcare platform that streamlined operational efficiency, improved patient engagement, reduced manual work through automation, and provided healthcare teams with the tools needed to deliver high-quality virtual lactation care.

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