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STAIRCASE13 LIMITED

openEHR

OpenEHR is a patient-centric, open standards, clinical data repository designed to maximise the re-use of a patients data across multiple applications.

It is highly configurable and offers a full service API to support a very wide range of clinical use cases including integrations with existing applications and systems.

Features

  • Open standards clinical data repository
  • Provides structure for the sharing of clinical data between systems
  • Offers a full and comprehensive API and query language
  • Easy to integrate with other clinical systems
  • Intuitive user interface for desktop, tablet and mobile
  • Different views on patient data for carers with different roles
  • Highly configurable to a clients needs

Benefits

  • Removes the need for duplicated clinical data
  • No more paper or spreadsheets
  • Get the data you need when you need it
  • Dashboards give an instant overview of patient
  • Easily export data to data analytics tools

Pricing

£5,000 to £200,000 an instance a year

  • Education pricing available
  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

6 1 9 8 8 8 3 3 5 7 1 7 4 2 0

Contact

STAIRCASE13 LIMITED Steve Wilkinson
Telephone: 01612830961
Email: gcloud@staircase13.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Community cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
No constraints.
System requirements
None

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Response times will depend on the support contract and also on ticket priority as set by our customer. 1 hour response time is available.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 A
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
We provide 2nd and 3rd line support 9am-5pm weekdays exc. bank holidays primarily via an online ticketing service. We offer telephone support at additional cost. Support costs vary depending on scale and level of service required. We follow ITIL Service Management processes and our service manager reports monthly to clients on support metrics.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Flexible training services are available including on-site training, train the trainer and video content.

The API is fully documented.

Additional onboarding services can be provided against the standard rate card.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Available via spreadsheet or database export.
End-of-contract process
Data is available at no cost upon request via either spreadsheet or database export. Other migration and data processing services are available against the standard rate card.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Interfaces are optimised for use with small screens with touch capabilities.
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 A
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
All OpenEHR functionality is available via the API.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Fully customisable to a wide range of clinical specialities and requirements via web or native user interfaces, middleware and integration layers.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Servers are load balanced and appropriately sized for future expansion. Dedicated server resources are provided on a per client basis.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Determined by the customers requirements and includes audit logs, live dashboards, API and many other options.
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

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 every 6 months
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
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
A wide range of options for exporting data are available depending on the client use case. This includes spreadsheet export, database export and integration with tools such as ElasticStack to enable the creation of data visualisations, statistical analysis and input into AI tools.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
  • Database export
  • ElasticStack export
  • Export into alternative big data/analytics tool of clients choice
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
Any format via the use of custom modules

Data-in-transit protection

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

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
As per agreed SLAs.
Approach to resilience
Using a UK-based hosting service provider with multiple physical locations, architected with hot standby services and automated failover between locations. Encrypted data at rest as standard.
Outage reporting
Direct phone call to clients for high priority outages. Email alerts for planned maintenance. Details included in monthly service reports.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
The application has role based restrictions which are managed either internally or delegated to an external authentication provider such as ActiveDirectory when required.
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
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
User-defined

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
Other
Other security governance standards
Cyber Essentials
Information security policies and processes
We run a quarterly security audit of our products and systems to mitigate potential security issues.

We monitor for higher priority security issues and typically deal with critical issues within 2 weeks.

Employees are expected to follow the security policies and processes defined on our intranet.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
We have a comprehensive configuration management process comprising the branching, merging and reviewing of code changes with both manual unit testing and automated unit testing via a continuous integration environment.

All changes are managed and approved by the project steering committee and assessed for quality, security and clinical safety by trained experts. We provide a risk register with each release.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
We have integrated software tools that monitor software components for vulnerabilities as code is built. Server stack software is upgraded regularly as part of our support and maintenance services. Urgent patches are typically deployed within 2 weeks while non-urgent security considerations are looked at as part of our quarterly security review. We receive information regarding threats from component vendors and by monitoring internet security bulletins.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
We use intrusion detection tools that give live alerts. We typically respond to these incidents within a matter of hours.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
We utilise an ITIL compliant helpdesk to manage incidents through which users can raise issues. We have pre-defined processes for managing and resolving Helpdesk issues including customer communication and escalation.

A monthly service report is provided and reviewed along with a representative of the customer.

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
Yes
Connected networks
Health and Social Care Network (HSCN)

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Wellbeing

Wellbeing

openEHR is an enabler technology, a clinical data repository that makes electronic health records easily shareable between multiple software applications. This improves care for patients in a number of ways. For example, it makes it easier for data sharing between different NHS organisations so that awareness of patient allergies and medications is raised.

Pricing

Price
£5,000 to £200,000 an instance a year
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
A free trial is available upon request using test patient data.

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 gcloud@staircase13.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.