An NC State student has created a computer program that handles patients’ medical data and can help improve health care systems, according to WRAL.

Nishant Singh, a junior studying industrial engineering, says the program focuses on “patient tracking,” recording the money spent on a patient at every step of a medical process. 

“What I did was find a way that we can analyze hospital systems and look at the resources that they use, which include employees and equipment, and see how much each thing affects the hospital as a whole,” Singh said in an interview with WRAL.

The software is already being used in various hospitals, collecting real patient data. Singh found that in one of these hospitals, a single machine was in use 99 percent of the time. According to the data he gathered, adding a second machine could decrease treatment errors.

The machine was reduced to being used 85 percent of the time, which is considered to be within safety thresholds, according to Singh.

“It was the perfect blend of using logic, analyzing a situation and trying to figure out the best way of creating a solution,” Singh said.

Singh also raises funds for CRY America, a nonprofit organization that works toward education and health care for underprivileged children. 

“The information was all, like, on paper, where here, we have things all digitized, and it’s quick and efficient,” Singh said, referencing his trip to some of the organization’s hospitals in Africa. “The doctor knows exactly what you need.”

Singh hopes to one day use technology to improve healthcare across the globe.