IRIS Update

Efficiencies & IT Panel

Gary NewtonHead of Information Management – Adult Care Services

Contact & Case Management

Service CommissioningPerformanceInformation

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SSIS HPT CareNotes

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SupportingPeople

EquipmentService

HertsDirect

The Strategy – A Reminder

Special Educ Needs

ISA

IntegratedChildren’s Sys

Foster CarePayments

Contact & Case Management

Service CommissioningPerformanceInformation

IRIS

eDocument Management

eSAP

HubHPT CareNotes

Finance BPR

Data Warehouse

The Current Priorities

Infrastructure

IT skills

Integrated Children

System (ICS)

The Current Priorities

• IT Skills

• Infrastructure

• IRIS Uptake

• Develop Related Projects

IT Skills & Infrastructure

Improving IT Skills– Around 1,000 ACS Staff signed-up for ECDL– Over 2,000 modules passed (av 90% score)– Currently ACS taking 300 modules/month– Next – Expand range of topics – CSF also exploring benefits

IT Skills & Infrastructure

Improving IT Skills– Around 1,000 ACS Staff signed-up for ECDL– Over 2,000 modules passed (av 90% score)– Currently ACS taking 300 modules/month– Next – Expand range of topics – CSF considering way forward

Infrastructure – the Digital Pen– Corporate Approach – in ACS initially– 3 Stages – standalone, link to IRIS, wide deployment– Currently working on early stages of the project with Serco

IRISIRIS • Steering Group – lead on support, maintenance and development• Central Team - daily management of IRIS and links stake-holders• Third Party Technical Support - Oracle XMS• Future Major Developments - Serco

IRISIRIS • Steering Group – lead on support, maintenance and development• Central Team - daily management of IRIS and links stake-holders• Third Party Technical Support - Oracle XMS• Future Major Developments - Serco

Joint Projects & Initiatives• IRIS Security & Access –changes being implemented• Data Quality – significant “clean-up” requirement and future

improvements• Electronic Social Care Record – 1st phase for CSF in Apsley• Bid for capital Funding – Future IRIS development dependant on this

ACS ProgressCore IRIS Roll-Out• On schedule for March completion• IRIS live in 6 (of 7) Learning Disability Teams, 2 (of 4) EPD Teams• Around 350 ACS operational users across 20 sites

CareNotes Interface• Tendering process complete – target “live” date of April 06

eSAP Interface• Some delays – focus diverted to Finance BPR

Finance BPR• Abacus “middleware system” essential to BPR• On schedule for planned April go live

CSF ProgressCore IRIS Roll-Out• Child Protection – November• Looked After Children – May• Significant updates to support “Growth & Change”• All modules now “live”

Integrated Children’s System (ICS)• Next major system development for CSF to meet new government

requirements – procurement underway (NB will enhance rather than replace IRIS)

• Target for “go live” is October 06• Funded by government grant specifically for ICS

Summary

• IT Skills - ECDL working well

• Infrastructure – More on Digital Pens next time

• IRIS Central - arrangements now in place

• Joint projects underway – ESCR, Security, etc • ACS - IRIS for March then CareNotes & Abacus

• CSF – All modules Live. Now working on ICS