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    Errant Innovation's AEGIS Regulatory Solutions: A Brief Introduction

    Software design is an organic process. Yes, there are specific rules and protocols to follow, but custom solutions come from solving nuanced problems. Much like the fact not all problems are the same, neither are all software solutions. Our solutions, while mostly applicable in many industries, are specifically for the more complex issues facing the medical and adult-use cannabis industries. 

    Our primary suite for federal, state and municipality oversight is our AEGIS Platform. After successfully developing and deploying a number of custom solutions, our team at EI knew we had to pull it together into a unified ecosystem and rebrand. 

    So what is AEGIS?

    The term Aegis is most often linked to its origin in Greek myth, where it was both a protective cloak that offered protection as well as guidance from Zeus and Athena. In other references it was used as a mystical pouch that was said to house some of the most powerful tools and weapons for the gods, most notably Zeus’s thunderbolts and the foresight of Athena. In more modern uses, it is still parity to protection, control, safeguards. In breaking down its primary modules, it took new meaning all together. Collectively, our solution is:

    Access
    Enforcement
    Grievance and
    Inventory Tracking
    System

    Our systems are designed to control access to cannabis, initially at the permitted business level, and ultimately at the patient/consumer level. It allows for direct interactions in an ideal closed loop environment, while being built with flexibility in mind (knowing full well rules and regulations will change when needed). This system is not just a powerful, but controlled, interchange for permitees, it is fully designed for necessary government compliance and regulation. 

    The robust and modern AEGIS API is engineered in a way to make it both convenient and secure for integrations of point of sale, inventory management, and laboratory software systems. We have also implemented  parallel API-wrap functionality that works with METRC, LEAF DATA SYSTEMS and the BioTrackTHC government traceability systems. This allows a smooth transition by permitting business systems to take additional time in altering their existing API integration endpoints, limiting possible interruptions for cannabis businesses and subsequently patient and consumer access. 

    Our team has worked with all of the aforementioned government systems in great detail. No system is perfect, but we feel that after several years of hard work we’ve managed to take the lessons learned from all of them to overcome many of the shortfalls. One of the things that we feel makes our system stand out, besides the technology and code itself, is that we know what today’s regulators need. It is not just an interchange and inventory tracking system. It boasts an impressive and customizable reporting system with data that can be run on the fly or automated to send to specific individuals on a dynamic scheduler. We have a huge array of predefined reports and dashboards full of data requested by top regulators in the industry. 

    It’s not just about tracking every plant from seed to sale, every gram and every transaction with immutable logs. Agencies now have obligations to other agencies, as to public safety for the patient and consumer communities. Our Grievance tracking modules allow regulators to file and track complaints, concerns and comments related to specific companies, products, exact batches and instances. This is absolutely pivotal for trend data, accountability and enforcement support documentation. 

    We also offer robust patient portal and licensing approval systems specifically for the medical cannabis states, however we understand that many states are quickly transitioning to adult-use (recreational) infrastructures that assimilate the medical cannabis industries. 

    Our systems can be all inclusive or customized to provide the tools needed, and can be expanded as the program needs grow. At this time we only offer solution demonstrations to verifiable government personnel. Knowing all of the tools an agency might have at their disposal only increases the temptation and likelihood of circumvention attempts. If you would like to learn more about our systems please contact our government affairs team at govaffairs@errantinnovations.com

    Patient Portal & Registry System
    Our solutions are built with the user in mind. So, whenever possible we do what we can to mirror actual workflow instead of making regulators and patients work harder than needed to accomplish what they they must. Our primary registration module allows regulators to have specific data requirements thresholds set so that the registry application process is the same for all applicants. Even prior to becoming patients, applicants enroll in accounts where they can get updated information, and check their progress status, with the ability to directly upload required forms. The system can be set to automatically progress an application when certain requirements are met, send appropriate notifications and/or allow for verification and reviews as well as digital authorization by multiple parties. In addition to authorizing patient access, it can be revoked and patient data can be validated. Our system allows for digital expiration parameters and extension override. For patient cards we not only have the ability to generate cards for printing by the agency, printing at home by a patient or our personal favorite, our E-registry card. This is a digital identification card that can be accessed from a patient's mobile phone with their pertinent information and identifying photos (at the discretion of the agency), including a fully functional patient barcode allowing more efficient check-ins using ANY connected point of sale systems that support barcode scanners. Patients are also free to log in and check their own remaining purchase limits. We always use the most effective and appropriate security protocols, patient privacy is the most important thing to our firm.
    Customizable Track and Trace System
    Our Track and Trace / Seed to Sale functionality is second to none. Our bread and butter is our robust API, that excels and outperforms every step of the way. Not all APIs are created equal. Other systems were initially built with interface first as the go-to path of implementation. Don't get us wrong, there are definitely merits to doing it that way. It is much faster and easier to program this way and creates a good starting point. However as the system grows and changes, adding an API after the fact becomes daunting and only mostly functional and without doing a complete overhaul (unlikely) it will never quite function 100% as you want it to without tacking on layers of overly complicated scripts. The speed to production is still a huge benefit of this method and allows for more junior level developers to get into working on the software. This was also an understandable approach when there were only a few different commercial seed to sale systems on the market, not needing to cater to people having their own choice of provider. Our entire system is built using an API- first approach. This gives the greatest amount of control to the system and allows faster and less troublesome enhancements to occur without major risk of "breaking" something. Our system can also include an optional contingency reporting access dashboard for permittees when something is wrong with their local systems and they need to report something to the system. Our system has advanced synchronization, making it easier for authorized software systems to connect once they resolve major issues and resume functionality. On the agency side, our government application is fully configurable to permit and restrict specific module access on a user by user basis. There are a number of modules designed for control and discretionary overrides, but also digital manifest validation and an robust reporting engine.

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