Accelerating clinical AI adoption in European hospitals with an MDR-ready risk prediction platform
AI
Healthcare
AI consulting
Engineering
Four
EU hospitals integrated for pilot phase
Reduced
onboarding time from weeks to days
Transitioned
from research prototype to CE-ready SaaS platform
About PIPRA and business triggers
PIPRA AG is a Swiss AI healthcare company focused on predicting postoperative delirium risk in elderly surgical patients. Their mission is to help hospitals reduce preventable complications, improve patient outcomes, and optimize perioperative workflows through predictive intelligence.
In 2023, PIPRA received an EU Horizon grant to scale its technology across four European hospitals as part of a multi-country research and validation project.
However, several challenges emerged:
- Hospitals used different EHR systems (SAP, Epic, Allscripts, regional providers).
- The internal team lacked backend, integration, and DevOps resources to deploy at scale.
- Certification requirements under EU MDR demanded a compliant and auditable software infrastructure.
- The grant timeline imposed tight delivery deadlines to avoid funding penalties.
To stay on track, PIPRA needed a technology partner capable of delivering production-grade software that met both clinical and regulatory standards — without slowing down research operations.
In 2023, PIPRA received an EU Horizon grant to scale its technology across four European hospitals as part of a multi-country research and validation project.
However, several challenges emerged:
- Hospitals used different EHR systems (SAP, Epic, Allscripts, regional providers).
- The internal team lacked backend, integration, and DevOps resources to deploy at scale.
- Certification requirements under EU MDR demanded a compliant and auditable software infrastructure.
- The grant timeline imposed tight delivery deadlines to avoid funding penalties.
To stay on track, PIPRA needed a technology partner capable of delivering production-grade software that met both clinical and regulatory standards — without slowing down research operations.
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4 EU hospitals
Integrated under the Horizon grant pilot program
<6 months
Time from prototype to deployable MDR-ready SaaS platform
70% reduction
In hospital onboarding time due to modular integrations
$1.2M+
EU funding secured for clinical deployment and validation
10–15 clinicians
Involved in early pilot testing and UI validation sessions
150B+ USD
Average incidence of postoperative delirium among elderly surgical patients
Why PIPRA reached out to Riseapps
1
Productize their AI research model
into a clinical-grade SaaS platform.
2
Improve clinician adoption
with a clean, intuitive interface tailored for hospital workflows.
3
Enable real-time integration
with hospital systems across four EU countries.
4
Build compliant infrastructure
aligned with EU MDR and GDPR.
Delivered solutions
MDR-Ready AI SaaS Platform
We transformed the research prototype into a commercial, hospital-ready web platform, including authentication, logging, and audit trails required for MDR compliance.
Impact:
Enabled clinical deployments under regulated environments.
Impact:
Enabled clinical deployments under regulated environments.
Modular Integration Layer (FHIR/HL7/CSV)
Built a flexible integration layer to support varied hospital IT ecosystems, enabling FABIAN to connect seamlessly with multiple EHR formats.
Impact:
Reduced hospital onboarding time from weeks to days.
Impact:
Reduced hospital onboarding time from weeks to days.
Scalable Cloud Infrastructure
Deployed a secure, GDPR-compliant cloud environment with data isolation for each hospital instance.
Impact:
Simplified infrastructure management and ensured regulatory safety for sensitive patient data.
Impact:
Simplified infrastructure management and ensured regulatory safety for sensitive patient data.
Clinician-Centered UX/UI
Redesigned the interface for speed and clarity in clinical decision-making, featuring risk visualizations and one-screen patient summaries.
Impact:
Improved usability and increased clinician adoption during pilot testing.
Impact:
Improved usability and increased clinician adoption during pilot testing.
Achieved results
The results
4 hospitals
onboarded under EU Horizon program through standardized HL7/FHIR integrations and secure deployment.
MDR-Ready SaaS
Delivered a compliant, production-grade version of FABIAN in under six months — ready for clinical validation and CE certification.
70% faster
Reduced hospital integration time from weeks to days via modular data-exchange architecture.
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