Intro to IndieBase
Welcome to IndieBase. This section will walk you through the essential steps to successfully setup and use IndieBase.
IndieBase is a pre-hospital Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. It holds patient records for a variety of use cases
including:
- Private Ambulance
- Event Medical
- Transport
- Repatriation
- BASICs
Besides creating and maintaining patient records, IndieBase also enables you to run the operations of pre-hospital care
including Dispatch, Events Management, Reporting, Patient Feedback, etc.
Accessing IndieBase
IndieBase is a cloud-based application, accessible using any major browser with any device (phone, tablet or computer)
via the internet. You need to be online to access full functionality including CAD, monitor integration and reporting.
However, IndieBase is a Progressive Web App (PWA) and has been designed to also be effective offline. Records can be
created and edited by users even if they lose internet connection. Once connection is restored the edited records will
sync automatically in the background.
The most effective way to use IndieBase is to download it onto your device.
Teams, Users and Members
Each organisation (i.e. business or charity) is called a Team within IndieBase. The Team holds the Patient Records of
the organisation. When you sign up for a Team Account, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is in place between Medic One
Systems and your organisation to protect the privacy of these Patient Records.
Each Team can customise their configuration of IndieBase, including branding, patient record fields, access levels,
checklists, documents, interventions and drugs.
Everyone who accesses IndieBase has their own, free personal account as a User. With your User Account you can work with
any Teams you've been invited to join. You'll always have this one personal account even if you change the Team you work
with.
Users who join a Team are called Members. Only Members can join Events and create Patient Records for a Team.
Personal Logbooks
Your User Account will contain your Logbook, which is your professional profile and summary of clinical experience. All
non-identifiable metrics and clinical data you record in any Team you work with are automatically aggregated into this
personal IndieBase Logbook. This powerful feature lets you:
- Track performance and trends over time;
- Generate reports on interventions, timings, and outcomes;
- Visualise key data points with our configurable dashboards.
If you want, you will be able to write up any interventions you've performed outside IndieBase by filling in a redacted
record. Be careful not to enter any patient identifiable data as you are not legally allowed to hold patient
identifiable data in IndieBase without ICO registration and a DPA in place.
Events & Crews
IndieBase uses Events to organise staff and patients into discrete units. Events can be defined in a flexible way -
single shift, single day, multi-day, etc. A Team Owner or Admin can create Events and invite Users to join them. Users
have to be Members of a Team before they can be invited to an Event.
Before an Event is closed, all Patient Records must be complete. Once closed, IndieBase will issue automatic reports
summarising performance for management, clients, authorities as configured. Content and distribution lists for reports
can be customised in the Config view.
During an Event (or shift), Users may be optionally organised into Crews with call signs. Crews are useful to attach
multiple users to a single patient, deploy a group of users as an asset or vehicle and as a convenience for assigning
users to actions or interventions.
