WHAT IS QA/PDX?

QA/PDX IS A RELATIONAL DATABASE QA information management system that will help you to audit anesthesia quality efficiently and spot problems as they arise. It allows you to track the incidence of problems in your practice, not just totals for the patients who had problems. Reports are divided into a variety of relevant cohort groupings including ASA physical status, anesthetic, provider, complication, and more. QA/PDX is designed to make data entry, analysis and reporting easy. It does this by providing you with a logical series of menus that guide you in handling your expanding QA database. You can import, create, edit, copy, merge, delete, and rename data files, change data directories, modify lookup tables, print over 20 different reports, review reports graphically, and sort the database by following the online instructions. If you make a mistake QA/PDX will prompt you with the easiest possible correction. QA/PDX provides extensive validity checking. During data entry, QA/PDX watches to make sure that the data match predefined parameters. QA/PDX keeps your data secure by providing password protection and by converting providers initials into numerical codes. Passwords, provider codes and lookup tables can be modified by the system operator in the same menu-guided way that QA/PDX guides the handling of patient information. The size and number of QA data files is limited only by the size of your fixed disk drive. Using QA/PDX is easier than using most word processors.

QA/PDX, CAN BE DOWNLOADED DIRECTLY FROM THIS SITE. Complete the form below and you will be sent e-mail instructions on how to access and download the files. Installation is simple and fast: A directory is created to hold the files, the files are copied to the directory. When you type QAP, QA/PDX starts up with full color, easy to understand interactive menus, with help messages and context sensitive advice, where needed. A shortcut (pif file) is included for users who wish to run QA/PDX as a DOS program under Windows (Microsoft). When run directly under DOS, QA/PDX automatically uses all of your computers memory as efficiently as possible. Because QA/PDX runs under DOS, you can find a use for your old legacy 386 and 486 DOS based systems. In fact, the instructions are written with this purpose in mind..

QA/PDX COMES WITH A DETAILED USERS MANUAL. The manual, in Adobe Acrobat format, has a complete table of contents listing each of the features of QA/PDX. Complete step by step instructions guide you in installing and using QA/PDX. A guide to general QA principles is contained in the Appendices. The manual is designed to make using QA/PDX simple and productive.

QA/PDX FEATURES

COLOR: When referring to the accompanying figures, please note that they are black and white screen prints. When run on a computer with a color display, QA/PDX makes extensive use of color in order to make data, field labels, parameters and choices easy to find and distinguish.

DATA ENTRY AND BROWSING: Data, originally entered on the QA audit form, is transferred to the computer entry form (below, top left), which is a visual metaphor for the paper audit form. QA/PDX shows you the name of the data table, its size, number of new entries and remaining disk space on the top line of the display. QA/PDX shows you the meaning of frequently used special function keys on the second line. Extensive validity checks insure that only plausible data are entered, i.e. only choices in parentheses, or values in user defined lookup tables. A lookup table is used to check the spelling of abbreviations of untoward events. This lookup table remains in the background unless called when you press the help (F1) key. Then, a list of events and their abbreviations appear (below, bottom right). You can select an event by placing the cursor on it and pressing F2; QA/PDX enters the event abbreviation for you.QA/PDX's data entry error prevention methods protect against data loss and corruption. QA/PDX has a special locating feature that allows you to find the occurrence of any field entry in a few seconds anywhere in the database; you can search for the exact entry or one like it. Annotations may be entered in the two memo type fields at the bottom of the form. These two fields are used to compile one of the summary reports.