‘Bridging the GApp’: An exploration of App development in the healthcare sector Beth Lloyd Senior Lecturer Technologies in Education School of Education,

‘Bridging the GApp’:

An exploration of App development in the healthcare sector

Beth Lloyd

Senior Lecturer Technologies in Education

School of Education, FHSCE

Project Overview

• Apps to help clinical

professionals improve patient

safety

• Opioid App at Prototype stage,

starting beta testing shortly

• First of many Apps in the

pipeline

Current Status

• Clinical governance now in place

• Apple developers’ account for in house distribution

• Beta testing with palliative care team to begin shortly

• A series of other apps in the pipeline – hospital at night,

handover, oncology apps for specific tumor types

(Royce, 1970)

(Nunes, 2008)

Issues and Resolutions

• Description of the issue

• How was it resolved?

• What and how did it impact the project?o Time

o Cost

o Other

Looking Ahead

• When is the next milestone?

• What are the expected

deliverables?

• Known risks and issueso What is the investigation timeline for

these issues?

• What are the immediate next

steps?