Hello HANDISoftware apps to support health and care - Supporting the app paradigm -That's HANDI

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EHI Live 2012 Ewan Davis – Director HANDIHealth Community Interest Company

HANDI Health CIC

• A new not-for-profit Community Enterprise Company

• There to support:– Developers– Health and care professionals– Patients, service users and carers

Why HANDI?

• Because we believe apps and the app paradigm can transform health and care

What’s an App?

• Not just about mobile• A “connected thing” • Makes heavy use of pre-existing

components and services• Built using a well defined development and

deployment framework• Order of magnitude(s) faster and cheaper

to develop and deploy

The HANDI Vision

• Giving everyone the tools they need to manage heath, care and well-being

We are here

The HANDI Vision

Apps

EPREHR PHR

PHR EMRMeds

Repository

Drug KBTerminology

ServerService

DirectoryCDS Service Pathways KB

Services/Repositories

Infrastructural ServicesPDS/Record Discovery EWS ESB/Spine Security

Broker

What will HANDI do?

• Improving the ROI (social or commercial) for app developers

What will HANDI do?

• Facilitating networking, learning, cooperation, competition and innovation

Networking and Partnerships

• Building links with Government, industry, health and care providers, academia, patients and carers

• Already working with– UCL and UCL Partners– Warwick University Institute of Digital Healthcare– Newcastle University Business School– Leeds University– Intellect (the UK trade association)– Plymouth University – OpenEHR– OpenClinical– Digihealth – DigitalDocs

What Will HANDI do?

• Lobby for an environment (technical, cultural and commercial) in which apps can flourish interoperate and be orchestrated

How will we do it?

• Web platform• Local clusters

– W Yorks – Leeds– SW – Plymouth – NE - Newcastle– London– Midlands - Warwick – Scotland?– Wales?– Northern Ireland?

• Just do it

HANDI is agnostic

• About– Platforms– Business models– Standards– Tools, services and approaches

• Show the community the possibilities and let individuals decide

What can we help with?

• Finding partners• App development and design – Platforms, tool,

approaches• Interoperability and standards• Information governance• Legal issues• APIs• Test environments and experimentation • Business models and funding• App promotion and deployment

Join Us

• Come and help us• Join a local cluster• Follow us @handihealth• Watch #handihealth• Come and talk after

Other Presentations

• HANDI SW Cluster Launch Workshop • That’s handy! Health research inspiring

software innovation – Sunderland• OpenGPSoC – Town Hall meeting -

London

• Details on HANDI Event Diary• http://www.handihealth.org/events

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Handi Health Community Interest Company - limited by guarantee registered in England number 07999302Registered Office: The Oakley, Kidderminster Rd, Droitwich, Worcestershire. WR9 9AYCorrespondence address: PO Box 5309 Leamington Spa, CV31 9GT