leveraging IT

EXPERTISE. ACCOUNTABILITY. DELIVERY.

CASE STUDY
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE:

C O M P A N Y : MN Department of Health
OPI PROJECT TEAM

ADDICTION RECOVERY

CHALLENGE:
BIO MEDICAL

BUSINESS INCENTIVES

EDUCATION

Rapidly build a web application that would guide a medical provider

through a diagnostic encounter with an asthma patient.
The application must accommodate three unique access
methods:
1. MDHs kiosk.
2. Downloadable to run on the desktop for smaller offices.
3. For larger offices or multiple clinic sites, downloadable
to be housed on internal network servers and integrated
with electronic health record and eRx systems.

Lead Architect
Two Developers

Methodology: Agile

FLEET SERVICES

KEY TECHNOLOGIES
FINANCIAL

SOLUTION:

GOVERNMENT

OPI delivered release 1.0 of the Interactive Asthma Action Plan

(iAAP)
-- http://www.health.state.mn.us/asthma
-- http://www.Asthma-iAAP.com

HEALTH CARE
MANUFACTURING

MOBILE APPLICATIONS

TRAVEL SERVICES

WORKFORCE MGMT

At the core of iAAP web application is a computerized clinical

decision support tool for licensed health care providers who treat
asthma patients. The iAAP uses the NIH EPR-3 Asthma
Guidelines (2007) to assess asthma patients' severity and control
level and to suggest patient-specific treatment plans and

Grails 1.1.1 (plugins: Stark Security 0.4.3,

Quartz 0.4.1), Groovy 1.6.3, JDK 1.6,
Tomcat 6, Jetty 6.1.14, MySQL 5,
HsqlDb1.8.0.5, Bitrock InstallBuilder
Development tools included: Grails,
Cobertura, NetBeans, Emacs, Hudson,
MacOSX and Windows XP

In addition to facilitating the rapid assessment and diagnosis of a patient's asthma, the application provides access to
educational materials for providers, patients and caregivers. The multi-lingual (English and Spanish) patient-specific
asthma action plans generated by the iAAP are supplemented with trigger control sheets and HIPAA /
FERPA-compliant Consent-to-Share- Information documents for school health offices.
System components include the core iAAP web application, electronic health record (EHR) and electronic prescription
(eRx) integration modules, the NIH EPR-3 reference data synchronizer, an installer for the desktop version, and the back
end database.

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