2014

Name / Team Name Rob Pearlman

App Name AfterHours

Category Clinician Productivity

1. Using this template address the required fields about your App

2. Submit your entry by loading the PowerPoint to a Dropbox and share the

file with innovation@hisa.org.au

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3. Ensure that you complete the template in the correct format

4. Keep to the word limit noted in each field

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APP INFO

AfterHours is a task manager for overtime shifts, available in the iTunes store now and being used

by RMOs several Sydney Hospitals.

The Problem: On busy overtime shifts it is often hard to keep track of the dozens of jobs required

of you, as well remember to check up on specific patients later. Currently most RMOs scrawl notes

on pieces of paper that get lost, threatening patient safety as well as leading to poor handover.

AfterHours solves this by offering a solution to track jobs, set reminders and ease clinical handover.

Describe your app

TEAM NAME Rob Pearlman

CATEGORY Clinician Productivity

AfterHours https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/afterhours/id837634437?mt=8

APP SCREENSHOTS

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APP SCREENSHOTS

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APP SCREENSHOTS

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APP REVIEW

Simple, efficient layout.

Tabs allow quick access to wards, your handover list, and Program Settings.

Menu-driven layout for sub-menus. Most common jobs are available on first

submenu. Jobs not included by default can be easily added and are

remembered for the future.

Easy colour coding for job urgency, and satisfying ‘tick’ for completed tasks

UX – USER

EXPERIENCE

Design elements to

attract, engage and

influence

EFFECTIVENESS

How does your app help

solve the identified

problem for the

patient/consumer

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Describe how your app addresses each category and provide

evidence that supports your claim.

1.

2. Current methods for tracking jobs on busy overtime shifts, where junior

doctors may cover 4 or 5 wards with upwards of 100 patients, are flawed.

The predominant system is paper and pagers, neither one of which has the

ability to set reminders or easily track progress as a patient’s condition

deteriorates or improves over the course of a 14 hour shift.

By removing paper, AfterHours improves Handover and patient safety

APP REVIEW

Clinical Handover has been identified as an area of weakness in Australian hospitals,

imperilling patient Safety, and has been targeted by a number of programs –

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare: Clinical

Handover Link

Clinical Excellence Commission: Standard 6.2: Patient Clinical Handover

Clinician Productivity must improve if Health outcomes are going to be maintained

and improved into the future: Health Workforce Productivity Commission Report

EVIDENCE

BASE

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references (URLs)

that give the

rationale for your

app

Being developed by a Junior Doctor means it solves a problem the designer

understands intimately

AfterHours works to improve Junior Doctor Productivity, whilst at the same time

improving clinical handover and increasing patient safety. It is free to use and

available now on the iTunes Store.

ADVANTAGES

& VALUE

What do you think

are the advantages

of your app?

And what value

does it bring to the

user ?

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3.

4.

Describe how your app addresses each category and provide

evidence that supports your claim.

APP REVIEW

- There is no current solution that is designed for Australian Hospital working

environments

- There is a growing and urgent requirement from statutory bodies to improve

clinical handover

- An effective way to improve patient safety, improve clinician productivity

INNOVATION

Explain how your

concept is original,

fills a gap or solves

a problem uniquely

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5.

Describe how your app addresses each category and provide

evidence that supports your claim.

APP REVIEW

As can be seen below, There are very few ‘pages’ to the app,

minimising confusion. At all times a tab menu is present on the

bottom, providing ‘escape’ should it be necessary.

Thankfully, the target users of this app also generally have a high

degree of technical capability, being products of the information age

and navigating complicated hospital eMR systems daily!

USABILITY

What is the ease of

use of your app and

how does it

accommodate your

target audience?

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6.

Describe how your app addresses each category and provide evidence that supports your claim.

2014

THANK YOU.

Thank you and all the best with your submission.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate

to contact HISA on innovation@hisa.org.au.