INTEGRATED PRODUCTIVITY AND COST-SAVINGS
Workflow Management for SMART on FHIR® applications
appSphere is an integrated productivity suite built into Smile Digital Health that simplifies the registration, credentialing, and management of third-party SMART1 on FHIR®2 apps.
Public-facing, white-label appSphere
Nearly all healthcare organizations utilize a multitude of apps. But managing apps can be a pain, with the risk of CMS3 and ONC4 violations, confusion over relevant applications, and legal issues stemming from security breaches or non-compliance from third-party apps.
appSphere is Smile Digital Health's solution to make end-to-end app management easy, empowered and simple. Smile appSphere is the best-in-class solution to alleviate these burdens, while also creating efficiencies and overall patient satisfaction.
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Your End-To-End Solution
With Smile appSphere, you can easily and securely register, test, approve and audit SMART apps. But it does more than just manage apps—it’s a true end-to-end solution. Smile appSphere integrates an app gallery, developer portal and admin console into a single all-in-one solution to help you improve productivity and keep pace with regulations.
App Gallery for App Users
✔︎ Allow your users to discover and use the personalized list of innovative in-house and third-party apps, with the ability to filter apps to their specific requirements
✔︎ Deliver a seamless experience with Smile appSphere’s white labeling capabilities delivering your users a seamless experience with your organization’s branding on all components
✔︎ Increase operational efficiency with the app gallery being completely maintenance-free, as it automatically updates its content in real-time based on actions from the admin console
Developer Portal for App Developers
✔︎ Allow in-house or third party app developers to test and register their apps for admin approval
✔︎ Seamlessly transition safely, securely and easily from sandbox testing to production access
✔︎ Privacy, security and legal-risk mitigation are supported from start to finish when adding third-party apps
✔︎ Allow for the tracking and verification of vendor credentials, and assign legal accountability when needed
Admin Console for System Admins
✔︎ Allow your system administrators to be in complete control of the entire app management lifecycle for both in-house and third-party apps
✔︎ Curate the app gallery for different user groups, ensuring a personalized experience for your users
Benefits of appSphere
Streamlined User Experience and Workflows
Smile appSphere empowers and liberates app users, developers and system administrators with simple and intuitive user experience and workflows. Additionally, admin console users benefit from flexible roles and permissions to decide who controls app management.
Direct Access to Health Data
Leveraging SMART on FHIR apps, Smile appSphere delivers you and your users simple and secure access to relevant health information. In addition, the streamlined flow of registration, testing, and management of your apps makes it easy for you to deliver your patients and clinicians direct access to their health data.
Security & Legal Accountability
Smile appSphere guarantees end-to-end privacy and security building on top of the Smile Health Data Fabric’s enterprise-grade security for streamlined authorization, audit and compliance monitoring. In addition, vendor traceability, legal risk and accountability workflows allow for your and your user’s peace of mind.
Resource Optimization
When every project is a priority, elevated resource optimization becomes a requirement. Smile appSphere enables clinicians to get access to data resulting in better outcomes, while patients get the information they need to be active participants in their health journey. This enables quick deployments, efficient registrations, approvals and audit workflows that streamline your app management.
Leveraging the Power of SMART on FHIR
Smile appSphere leverages third-party SMART on FHIR apps to deliver added value, with easy curation and onboarding to your business operations. Learn how to develop your own SMART on FHIR apps here.
Full Compliance
Smile appSphere’s workflow is optimized to be fully compliant with current (and evolving) CMS and ONC regulations.
Smile appSphere is part of the Smile Health Data Fabric and supports data integration and ingestion.
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Footnotes
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Substitutable Medical Applications, Reusable Technologies (SMART)
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Health Level 7 (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology