SPA System requirements

This page summarizes the most important notions and requirements that must be met for the SPA (Standardized Patient Administration) module to work properly.

Most of the requirements are a result of introducing the SPA mobile application (' LS SP Administration') into the LearningSpace ecosystem. Since this application is not running on an on-premise device, but rather on the smartphones of the end-users, the communication between the mobile app and the LearningSpace instance needs to be handled via the public internet.

Network access, cloud data residency, security

• The LearningSpace main server needs to access the SPA API (https://spa.learningspace.cae.com) in the cloud over HTTPS via the 443 port. This is needed for handling mobile notifications.

• The SPA mobile application needs to access the LearningSpace main server directly over HTTPS via port 443.
  
  This means that mobile device has to access the LearningSpace main server which has to be accessible by one of the following ways:

  • publicly over the internet,

  • locally (on-site), over the institutional network,

  • remotely, via VPN connection.
    
    

• The SPA mobile application needs to access the SPA cloud API (https://spa.learningspace.cae.com).
  

• The LearningSpace main server needs an SSL certificate to be installed (using a FQDN).

Data privacy

• The SPA cloud infrastructure will be hosted in US East, no other location or region. This means that the following data will travel and will be stored in the SPA cloud database:

  • from LearningSpace to the SPA cloud API in US East:

    • content of the mobile notification (dates/times, event titles, case details)

    • the SP’s LearningSpace user UID

  • between the mobile device and SPA cloud API in US East:

    • institution details (name, address, email, phone, contact name)

    • notification content (as above)

    • mobile device identifiers (device GUID, PNS handle)

SPA Mobile Application  (' LS SP Administration') 

• The mobile application only runs on iOS and Android.

• The mobile device needs to have notifications enabled both system- and application-wise for the application to work with the best user experience.

• A QR code will be needed for the end-users (SPs) to register into the SPA module via the mobile application. The QR code will be generated by and will be provided to the customer.

Languages

The current version of the SPA module is only available in English.