Open Java solution
The TEDDY portal is basically a Java solution on a Tomcat server. The open choice of technology creates the conditions to develop exactly the functionality LUDC demands. Something particularly valuable given that the portal, in addition to all the administrative functions, must be able to handle personal data strictly regulated by the laws of the EU.
A challenge was, for example, to create an easy-to-maintain but also secure two-party login. Here, we chose a specially developed solution that combines traditional login with a physical key, unique to every user.
Responsive collaboration
Åke Lernmark thinks that the dialogue with the nurses and dietitians that use the portal has been crucial in the developing work. Someone that he wants to bring forward as an important strength in the collaboration with adesso.
“adesso have taken their time to meet the people that will work in the portal. Several developers visited the clinics, sat down and listened. The nurses have had to explain how they want it to work”, he says and points out that over 30 persons in his team are completely dependent on that the portal works.
“We have never needed to adjust after adesso’s solutions. We tell them what we want, and adesso creates solutions based on that. It has made our work much easier”, he explains.
At adesso, the technical sensitivity feels like a matter of course. Operative staff is always involved in this type of project. It’s routine.
Promising results
The TEDDY portal is a digital tool that makes it possible for a few nurses to keep track of a large number of children. adesso's technical solution has not only been more efficient for communication. It has also created conditions to build a reliable relationship with the children in the study, with loyal families as a result. Of all the countries in the TEDDY study, Sweden is the most successful.
The next step for LUDC is to create a CAP portal (Center for Autoimmune Prevention), an umbrella portal that, in addition to TEDDY, will accommodate multiple studies in the same area. The aim is to get even closer to the answer to the question of what it is that triggers diabetes. The new portal comes, of course, with a long wishlist.
“In the development of the TEDDY portal, the staff has been involved since the beginning. It will be important in the next phase as well", says Åke Lernmark and concludes: "Diabetes research is both important and exciting, I will not give up”!
And adesso is, as always, ready to deliver technical answers, professional tools and everything else that is needed to support an enthusiast.