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Quris Clinical Companion

Allows organisations to create, manage and distribute clinical guidelines, protocols, referral and policy resources, to improve rapid knowledge access/sharing, compliance, decision support and clinical standards. Resources and tools can be accessed by users via web, mobile or EHR, online and offline. Quris is always on and always available.

Features

  • Offline mobile access (i.e. always on/disaster support)
  • Web and Mobile and EHR integration delivery channels
  • SMART on FHIR support
  • Open EHR GDL support
  • HL7 CDS Hooks support
  • COVID19 Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic rapid deployment
  • Guidelines, pathways, protocols, handbooks, triage support

Benefits

  • Fast, simple access to clinical resources
  • Updates instantly communicated to relevant staff
  • No/minimal IT dept demand/involvement
  • Disaster scenario, point of care, remote working support
  • Low monthly pricing model

Pricing

£750 to £9,000 an instance a month

  • Education pricing available
  • Free trial available

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at mbuchner@tactuum.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

5 7 3 6 9 3 3 8 2 6 5 6 4 3 6

Contact

Tactuum Mark Buchner
Telephone: 07966687683
Email: mbuchner@tactuum.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
What software services is the service an extension to
Can be deployed stand-alone or integrated into Microsoft Teams
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
Service constraints
Can be hosted on-premise (if required) though default/typical configuration is Cloud (preferably Microsoft Azure).
System requirements
None

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Standard Service Level Agreement (SLA) covers Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00. Weekend and Out of Hours cover is possible at additional cost.

We can offer 24/7 support if required.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Web chat accessibility testing
Assistive technology testing conducted for popular screen readers: JAWS, NVDA
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Our Standard Service Level Agreement (SLA) provides support as follows:

1-Urgent Priority
Response Time: 1 hour of receipt.
Resolution Time: investigation and attempt to resolve within 4 hours.

2-High Priority
Response Time: 2 hours of receipt.
Resolution Time: investigation and attempt to resolve within 8 hours.

3-Normal Priority
Response Time: 8 hours of receipt.
Resolution Time: investigation and attempt to resolve within 48 hours.

4-Low Priority
Response Time: 16 hours of receipt.
Resolution Time: investigation and attempt to resolve within 72 hours.

Standard SLA are costed into the license fees, so no additional cost.

Variants of the Standard SLA are possible.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Set-up/deployment is absorbed into the license fee to ensure client set-up/onboarding is effective. This includes: technical deployment, training and documentation.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
All content/resources are considered to be owned by the client. A full data export in HTML/XML formats is included as part of the contract T&Cs.
End-of-contract process
Agreed run-down or transition planning.
Extract and handover of all resources, content and digital assets that belong to the client.
Phasing of contract end should transition be required.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
None. All features are available regardless of channel/device access.
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AAA
Description of service interface
Open API (also known as Swagger)
HTML
PDF
Accessibility standards
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Accessibility testing
Assistive technology testing conducted for popular screen readers: JAWS, NVDA
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
There are secure APIs to support integration with EHR systems using FHIR, HL7 CDS-Hooks, InfoButtons, OpenEHR and SMART Apps.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
  • PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Branding, look and feel are all customer specific.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Auto-scaling with support for scaling-up and out configurations.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Use of resources and information within the system is tracked (both online and offline) and deep/rich analytics are available via online dashboard.
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a Tigerscheme qualified provider or a CREST-approved service provider
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Data sanitisation process
No
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
There is a built-in XML/HTML export function to support full export.
Data export formats
Other
Other data export formats
  • XHTML
  • XML
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
  • PDF
  • MS Word
  • HTML
  • XML

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Standard SLA provides for 99.98% uptime and consultancy credits are provided if agreed SLA levels are not met.
Approach to resilience
Available on request.
Outage reporting
Email/SMS alerts via auto-monitoring services.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Integration with client Enterprise Authentication, e.g. Azure AD, SAML, OpenID, etc. Management access would then require username/password login.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
User-defined
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
User-defined
How long system logs are stored for
User-defined

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
QMS International
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
22/02/22
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Certificate Number: 386552022

Exclusions: does not include USA partner company (which is not applicable to any UK based operations, projects, contracts)
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • Cyber Essentials
  • ISO 27001

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
Whilst not formally certified, we have policy and processes in place that align with ISO 27001.
Information security policies and processes
We have an internal ISO 27001 aligned security policy.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
We have a documented Configuration/Change Management process. Available on request.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Our internal Infrastructure team have a documented policy/process. Available on request.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Our internal Infrastructure Team have a document policy and processes. Available on request.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Our internal Infrastructure Team have a document policy and processes. Available on request.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Wellbeing

Wellbeing

A core added value of the Quris platform is the ability to share and exchange content and resources across client implementations. Quris facilitates an ecosystem whereby each client can (with appropriate permissions/agreement) share and reuse resources across organisations.

Pricing

Price
£750 to £9,000 an instance a month
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
We sometimes offer pilot options allowing clients to explore benefits and organizational fit.

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at mbuchner@tactuum.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.