Industry
Medical Device
Company HQ
Tennessee
Number of Employees
10-25 employees
Client Since
2019
For a pre-commercial medical device company headquartered in Chattanooga, their small team is disrupting traditional standards of care for mobility and back pain with their implantable technology currently undergoing clinical trials in the US.
The healthcare team continues to navigate their highly regulated industry while safely and securely managing patient data, and deploying hardware and equipment for its remote workforce. By partnering with our team at Davin Tech Group, they’ve enhanced patient care, strengthened cybersecurity processes, and secured their intellectual property.
The challenge
Enable seamless, HIPAA-compliant remote tech and manage security for both Mac and Windows users
A small disruptor within their industry, the company considers itself a “challenger” brand, from their technology to their business approach. This doesn’t come without its setbacks, though.
“You have to be very careful in how you conduct yourself and be astute to what you’re doing before you implement things,” shared Ron, Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to partnering with Davin Tech Group, the company was platform agnostic, with half of its staff on Apple and the other half running highly computational software on Windows. Using shared software across the two platforms required additional considerations — and an IT team confident in both types of hardware and software. What’s more, two thirds of the company’s workforce is remote, requiring cloud-based tech enablement.
“There’s a lot of technology that’s out there and available but how a lot of managed service providers are deploying it is very old school.”
The goals
Navigate security intricacies, rethink IT risk management, and protect patient data
Ron noted a lot of their work involves intellectual property, including the company’s recent clinical trial involving hundreds of patient enrollments. “It’s a data collection nightmare,“ he shared. “We have access to a lot of patient data.”
In an effort to gather data more quickly, improve patient outcomes, and improve their technology, the company is also conducting virtual clinical trials that they need to keep secure. The company creates its own virtual patient database to characterize a patient population, then utilizes simulation software to implant the device. “It opens up a door to a whole new way to do clinical trials and less invasive experimentation on people,” said Ron.
But this cutting-edge tech requires combining massive amounts of computing power. “Clusters of servers run these simulations that take hours to days to run. It’s super complex, computational, hardcore math,” said Ron.
The solution
Partner with an experienced IT management and strategy team
Throughout working with Ron and his team, we’ve remained receptive to his ideas as our collaborative partnership continues to grow. “When we come to them with outside of the box things that we feel we need for our business, rather than shrink back, they really step up to the challenge. It’s been a very refreshing approach,” said Ron.
“Davin Tech Group has been a real enabler in making things happen. That’s not easy in a space like ours, where everything is highly regulated. We have to be able to change on a dime.”
“With Davin, it’s been a really great partnership. They’ve been very enabling for us.“
The process
Deploy new acquisition software and provide additional IT support
As the company’s management service provider, we handled the deployment of new acquisition and tuning software, as well as high end CAD/CAM software, and built our own software and hardware and used the latest technology to do it. Our team is spread across multiple platforms, so we can provide Ron the support his team needs when implementing a new tool or assessing a threat.
The outcome
A system for secure, compliant healthcare innovation
With the confidence in their HIPAA-compliant IT operations, the team has been able to scale more quickly. Since working with our team, they’ve raised over $40M in funding, completed FDA trials, and grown their team by more than 5X.
“I don’t have to worry about the IT systems behind what we do or if data gets compromised. They’ve got a very good eye towards helping us be the best company we can be.”
The results
The impact of Davin Tech Group’s partnership
“They’re great about doing follow up and doing closed loop actions. That’s a big part of what we have to do in our industry,” Ron reflected.
After partnering with Davin Tech Group, this medical device company was able to:
- Achieve peace of mind surrounding IT security and patient data
- Improve workflows and efficiency
- Ramp up employee training processes
- Streamline implementation
“I can’t think of a single individual at Davin Tech Group I’ve ever had a bad interaction with. Their customer service level has been off the charts. You feel very supported.”
We’re grateful to support this amazing medical device company in improving the quality of life for so many individuals now and in the future.
