The Ignaz Handbook document describes a mobile app called Ignaz that is designed to provide clinicians with local and up-to-date clinical information on their mobile devices. Content is written and approved by local clinicians and expires if not updated within 7 days. The app uses caching so it can run without internet. It was developed through a procurement process and is owned by the NHS. Usage is analyzed anonymously to improve the app. The document outlines governance, distribution, and future development plans to expand Ignaz to more primary care and organizations.

1. Ignaz Handbook
John Anderson
Ignaz Project Manager

2. Ignaz Handbook
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3. Aim
Designed to help
clinicians get
things done in their
workplace.
Local & Current
information.
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4. Regional Partnership
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5. 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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6. Clinical Governance
• Clear document
pathway
• Two types of content:
– Material
– Clinical
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7. Issues Addressed

8. Software Commissioning
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Bespoke Software
Invitation to Tender
Procurement
Technical Specifications
Contract
Cost Centre
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9. NHS owned
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10. Not a medical device
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11. Information Governance
Why ?
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12. NHS Identity Guidelines
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13. App distribution
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Example ≠ Endorsement

14. System Overview
Smart
phone
App
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15. iPhone Demonstration

17. Download
• www.ignaz.nhs.uk
• “Download” link
• YHdeanery2013
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18. Current use and future
developments

19. Analytics
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20. Returning users
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21. Next steps
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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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22. www.ignaz.nhs.uk
ignaz@nhs.net
@IgnazHandbook
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23. 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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