Proman

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers had lived tough periods as they were the first line who confronted the pandemic. Regrettably, the pandemic continues negatively affecting health practitioners not only within emergency services but also in other specialities including urology and oncology. A situation had motivated us to think about creating a start-up that offers computer-assisted software to help care providers provide good care for patients. Since AI is gradually transforming our daily lives, we ask ourselves, “why not use AI for PCa management? “This is where the idea of “Proman” emerges (the label denotes “Prostate cancer management”). We used a patient-centred care strategy in which the solution concentrates on certain stages of the PCa care pathway, namely diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. We believed that AI-based technologies can provide solutions that benefit all stakeholders in PCa management, including patients, urologists, and radiologists. In other words, “it is the solution that brings together the right technology, innovative ideas, and health care providers to improve the well-being of patients with PCa “. Proman strives to improve the overall health care provided for African patients with PCa in general, and Algerian PCa patients in particular. We offer our service (i.e. final deliverables) to a variety of customers including radiology laboratories, urology-specialised centres, and public hospitals. Proman consists of three applications, one of which is a mobile application that a patient or his career could use, and the other two are web applications designed for urologists and radiologists.