ignaz mobile application

Ignaz Handbook

John AndersonIgnaz Project Manager

Ignaz Handbook

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Aim

Designed to help clinicians get things done in their workplace.

Local & Current information.

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Regional Partnership

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Clinical Governance• App content written by local clinicians (customisable)• Content is ratified locally along document authoring pathways• App content will not display if no contact with the online database in the last 7 days• Cached content (no need for 3G/wifi to run)• Content authors receive emails inviting them to update• Upon expiry: contents automatically becomes un-published• Immediate un-publish facility available 24/7 to authors• Feedback built in to ensure

app-user engagement continual improvements

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Clinical Governance

• Clear document pathway

• Two types of content:– Material– Clinical

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Issues Addressed

Software Commissioning

• Bespoke Software• Invitation to Tender• Procurement• Technical Specifications• Contract• Cost Centre

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NHS owned

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Not a medical device

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Information Governance

Why ?

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NHS Identity Guidelines

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App distribution

Example ≠ Endorsementwww.ignaz.nhs.ukyh.hee.nhs.uk

System Overview

Smart phoneApp

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iPhone Demonstration

Download

• www.ignaz.nhs.uk• “Download” link• YHdeanery2013

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Current use and future developments

Analytics

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Returning users

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Next steps

• Website version• Version 2.0 Android & iOS• Primary care version• Cost per organisation: £500 / year• Currently only available within Yorkshire

and the Humber

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@IgnazHandbook

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Further Reading

• European Commission MEDDEV 2.1/6 - Qualification and Classification of stand alone software - January 2012 (PDF 323KB link)

• MHRA - Neil Ebenezer - The Regulation of Software as a Medical Device - February 2013 (PDF 944KB link)

• Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – Charani et al. - An analysis of the development and implementation of a smartphone application for the delivery of antimicrobial prescribing policy – December 2012 (PDF 405KB link)

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