NICE

1. Log into Ideagen Healthcare Guardian and select the NICE icon on the Home Page. 
2. At the top of the page, you will see your initial compliance data. 
3. The menu at the top allows you to navigate between NICE admin, Guidance Details, Guidance by Directorate and the NICE Actions Tracker. 
4. Individual pieces of guidance are displayed in the table below.
5. Click on the ‘view’ button to open a particular piece of guidance. This will open this piece of guidance, displaying all the data that’s relevant to it, including which policies and outcomes it links to.
6. Once a piece of guidance is open, you are able to add actions and moderate the overall level of compliance using a drag-and-drop motion in the Kanban at the bottom of the page or add evidence or comments

To add an action: 

1. To add an action, scroll down this page and click ‘Add Action’
2. This will open the Action diaglog box in a pop-up window. Simply fill out the details of the action, assign an owner, and click ‘create.’

To add a discussion or evidence

1. You may wish to add additional explanations, context or evidence to the guidance.
2. Once the specific piece of guidance is open, at the bottom of this window, there is a discussion area
3. Here, you can add comments or attach evidence to further explain the compliance level

NICE Guidance by Directorate

1. At the top left-hand side of the table, there is a filter to choose the specific directorate you wish to know more about
2. At the left-hand side of the table, there are ‘Add Action’ buttons to add actions to these guidance pieces
3. At the right-hand side of the table, there are ‘Add Comment’ buttons to add additional comments to these items. You can also attach evidence here.

The Action Tracker

1. In the Action Tracker, you can see individual actions that have been assigned to specific guidance 
2. These are filtered by the directorate and by division. 
3. There are due dates displayed next to the actions as well as a progress percentage level
4. You can use the slicers at the top of the table to filter the information
5. To update any information, click the ‘data entry’ icon in the top right-hand corner of the table
6. To export this data, use the ‘Export’ icon in the top right-hand corner of the table to export the data to Excel or to CSV

NICE Admin

1. This page reviews NICE guidelines when they’ve been added to the system before they’re available for selection across the NICE module. 
2. Here, when you select a piece of Guidance on the left-hand side of the page, it will prompt the table on the right to present details specific to the guidance chosen. 
3. You can add the appropriate review details here before moving it through to the NICE module

CAS and CAS Alerts

1. Click on the CAS button on the menu at the top of the page
2. CAS is separated by CAS Admin, Slert Details, CAS Action Tracker and Archived CAS Guidance. You can navigate between these using the menu bar at the top of the page. 
3. On the main page, in the main table, the individual alerts can be filtered by the directorate, lead, by originator, date and so on.
4. You can use the slicers at the top of the table to filter the information.
5. On the left-hand side of the table, you can add action against the alerts
6. On the right-hand side of the table, you can add commentary against the alerts
7. In the individual alert details, you can select an alert to learn more about
8. To enter further details, click the ‘data entry’ icon on the top-right-hand side of the table
9. In the CAS Action Tracker, the table works the same as that in NICE
10. For CAS Admin, click on the focus button of any alert in the table on the left-hand side
11. This will bring up the details on the right
12. You can fill in any fields you deem necessary and send the alert into the system’s workflow