Index
Copyright
Aim
Statement of objectives
Effective learning content
Note for MAC users
Authors
Introduction
Getting started - Installing and uninstalling the program
Using the database on a network
Checking version and checking for program updates
Keyboard shortcuts
The Menu
Printing
Navigating through the screens
Screens - Utility screens
The first (Main) screen
Add a patient
Search for a patient
Advanced search
Add an operator to the database: Staff file
Add a hospital to the database: Hospital file
Add a new choice to the database: Reference table
Switching on definitions
Screens - Standard Study
Enter a Standard study
Ventricles screen
Haemodynamics and diastolic functionAtria
Aortic valve
Other valve screens
Mitral valve
Mitral stenosis / regurgitation
Tricuspid valve
Tricuspid stenosis / regurgitation
Pulmonary valve
Aorta and pulmonary artery
Pericardium and veins
Summary screen
Print the report
Screens - Post Procedure Study
Enter a Post Procedure Study
Ventricles screen - Post Procedure
Haemodynamics and Diastology - Post Procedure
Replace repair or patch screen
Summary - Post Procedure
Print the report
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance Reports
Logbook
Staff Listing Report
End the Session
Ending the session
Licence
Network
Terminal Services
Security
MAC
Online Tutorial
Errors
Upgrade
Database FAQ
Echocardiography Diploma
Echo Database Online Tutorial
Quality Assurance
This screen set includes the
Staff and the Hospital screens (see prior).
This screen set is for you
to enter data that can be tracked later to teaching/QA purposes. Increasingly we
are being forced by regulatory bodies to provide evidence that what we do is
worth the expense. This screen set has both categories (tick boxes) and free
text section that you can detail your findings or how echocardiography
influenced the procedure, or your management. This database has been set up so
that we can collate de-identified information from many users onto a central
server for large scale audit. You are strongly encouraged to spend the time
and fill out this screen.
Remember that the post
procedure report is actually a new echo, so you must enter the QA data in the
echo that it occurs - either the Standard or the Post-Procedure echo or
both.
There are 2 dropdown boxes
for surgical impact and perioperative impact for each finding. This is so that
you can detail more than 1 event. If there are more than 2 impacts, then enter a
new finding section but use the same initial descriptors.
The default is Not Assessed. This is because we need
to know what the denominator is - which is the number of studies where QA
data has been filled in, rather than the number of studies performed.
The free text box is there
for you to describe any positive findings in greater detail - a very
important thing to do when you come to review the information
later!