Challenge: Large-Scale Data Scraping with High Accuracy and Efficiency
In spite of being a leading startup in the healthcare industry, the client encountered a stern challenge in terms of extracting and collecting data from different healthcare providers. They needed to scrape more than 200 data points of millions of healthcare providers from more than 24 healthcare marketplace websites. While they used the existing tools they had, it turned out to be not merely challenging but also tedious and time-consuming.
Key Challenges:
- Extracting millions of healthcare providers' data.
- Scraping more than 200 varied data points per provider.
- Limited in-house resources: only one member managing data extraction.
- Inefficiency in the existing scraping tool (Octoparse): high learning curve and low data accuracy.
- Requirement for 100% data coverage with monthly updates to incorporate new healthcare providers.
- Complexities in scraping due to interactive elements like search via postcodes, infinite scrolling, and data behind click actions.
Solution: ProWebScraper’s Tailored Web Scraping Service
ProWebScraper designed a tailored web scraping solution, allowing the client to eliminate the limitations of conventional scraping tools.
Strategy and Execution:
- Dedicated Team: We assigned two dedicated engineers with expertise in scraper building, maintenance, and quality assurance.
- Advanced Scraping Technology: Harnessed the power of a no-code software with the capability of handling intricate data extraction tasks, including interaction with dynamic elements and data extraction from popups.
- Overcoming Security Challenges: A powerful system that can navigate security blocks with the help of different proxies and browser fingerprinting.
- Continuous Monitoring and Adaptation: Regular weekly checks of HTML changes on target websites and quick alignment and adjustment of scrapers as required, with automatic notifications to the team via Slack.
- Flexible Scheduling: Flexible and custom scheduling of data extraction on a weekly or monthly basis as per the client's requirement to maintain a fresh and updated database.
Results: Transformative Impact and Cost Efficiency
- Comprehensive Data Coverage: Effectively and accurately extracted the data for more than 200 data points for millions of U.S. healthcare providers, including critical information like NPI, TIN, certifications, ratings, and contact details for up to 65 locations per provider.
- Budget-Friendly Solution: The cost was brought down by approximately $3,000 per month, allowing them to utilize the saved sum where it was best suited within their startup.
- Focus on Core Business Activities: This hassle-free data extraction experience set them free to focus on their core business activities such as product development rather than being constantly worried about data acquisition.
- Market Leadership: Ensured the creation of a comprehensive healthcare provider database in the market, enabling the competitive advantage for the client.
Conclusion
ProWebScraper’s sophisticated tools and matchless service made it possible for our client to scrape the data that they needed and the way they needed. With the data extraction solution being efficient and affordable, the client could concentrate on core business activities resulting in more effective functioning of the startup. Powered by accurate and reliable data, the client could strengthen its market leadership.
