ERICA TRIAL ONLY - EMIS Checklist

Set up process (onboarding) for EMIS practices with Informatica – ERICA trial

The ERICA trial software, developed by Informatica, is called Skyline and houses the electronic risk assessment tools (eRATs) for cancer.  The Skyline software analyses patient medical data shared with Informatica daily via bulk extracts from EMIS. 

In order for the Skyline software to work with EMIS the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and EMAS Manager need to be activated. Then, once the software is ready for going live, a Desktop Connector needs to be installed (quick online process) onto all staff/GPs’ computers who will be using the software.

Setting up the Skyline software onto the clinical system at your practice is a 2-staged process - (activating DSA/EMAS for Skyline and installing Desktop Connectors on GPs computers).

Stage 1

A.      Activate DSA and EMAS Manager for Skyline:

• EMIS and/or Informatica will send instructions

• Send email to Informatica (support@ishealth.co.uk) to let them know when DSA and EMAS have been activated.

B.      Complete a ‘Skyline – New User Request’ form for each member of staff/clinician who will be using the software.

• ERICA Skyline User Request - Customer Support Desk - Jira Service Management (atlassian.net)

• Once the staff have submitted a form they will receive an email with further instructions on how to activate their Organisation Support Desk portal login (this is not the Skyline user activation).

C.      Contact ERICA team (erica@exeter.ac.uk) with names of staff who would like access to the software training video.

• Please provide the name, email address and job role for each user (research champion and/or GPs).

Wait for the Skyline software to go live - you will be notified by email

Once Skyline is ready for go live, this is the process of activating Skyline users and installing the Skyline Desktop Connector

Stage 2

All staff using Skyline software -

All users of Skyline (research champion and GPs) will need to:

• Activate their Skyline user account

• Install the desktop connector on their PC

(if staff use more than one PC, they will need to install the desktop connector on each PC they work at)