Files > QUALITY ASSURANCE SITE PARAMETERS

name
QUALITY ASSURANCE SITE PARAMETERS
number
740
location
^QA(740,
description
Contains the site-specific parameters (such as site name) for each VAMC. This file serves the entire QM package. Each component, such as Occurrence Screening, has one set of fields in the file. This set of fields is both number and node spaced. This file is pointed to by the Occurrence Screening file (#741). This file is populated at the site. PACKAGES USING SITE PARAMETER FILE: Occurrence Screen 2.0 Credentials Tracking 1.0 Patient Representative 2.0 Incident Reporting Survey Generator
Fields
#NameLocationTypeDetailsIndexDescription
.001number11This file has DINUM set to one (1). The only valid entry for this field is 1.
.01name0;1POINTER4BThis is the name of this institution.
740.01ews mail group/server0;2FREE TEXTEnter the mail group or server name that the Early Warning System bulletin should be sent to. For mail groups you should enter G.(MAILGROUP). For mail servers you should enter S.(MAILSERVER).
740.02ews domain0;3FREE TEXTEnter the domain name that the Early Warning System bulletins should be sent to.
740.03nqadb mail group/server0;4FREE TEXTEnter the mail group or server name that the NQADB bulletin should be sent to. For mail groups you should enter, G.MAILGROUP. For mail servers you should enter, S.MAILSERVER.
740.04nqadb domain0;5FREE TEXTEnter the domain name that the NQADB bulletins should be sent to.
740.05ews local mail group0;6POINTER3.8This field contains the local mail group that the EWS bulletins should be sent to. This will allow the member(s) of the mail group to save the EWS bulletins in their own mail baskets and to check the status of those bulletins.
740.06mail group (irm)0;7POINTER3.8This field contains a mail group in which IRM will receive diagnostic messages pertaining to the QM module.
740.07irm mail group switch0;8BOOLEAN1:YES
Indicates if diagnostic mail is to be delivered to IRM.
740.99version (qaq)VER;5FREE TEXTIndicates the version of the QM Integration Module package.
741.01peer review daysOS;1NUMERICThis is the allowable number of days between the completion of the Clinical Review and the completion of the Peer Review.
741.02management review daysOS;2NUMERICThis is the number of allowable days between the completion of the Clinical Review and the completion of the Management Review.
741.03clinical worksheet part 1(+)OS;3BOOLEAN0:NO
1:YES
This field controls the printing of PART 1 of the CLINICAL WORKSHEET. 0- 'NO', do not print part 1. 1- 'YES', print part 1.
741.04auto-print clinical worksheet(+)OS;4BOOLEAN0:NO
1:YES
This field controls whether or not Clinical Worksheets are automatically printed as part of the Auto Enrollment process. 0- 'NO', do not print Clinical Worksheets. 1- 'YES', print Clinical Worksheets.
741.05default os device(+)OS;5FREE TEXTThis field contains the default printer device for OCCURRENCE SCREEN. Auto-Print Clinical Worksheets will be routed to this device.
741.06min time between logout & admOS;6NUMERICEnter the minimum time, in hours, between a disposition log out and an admission. This time is used when auto enrolling admissions within 3 days following unscheduled ambulatory care visits. If the time between the log out and the admission is less than this time, the event will not be captured. If the time is greater than or equal to this time, it will be captured.
741.07scheduled admission clinicOS1;0MULTIPLE740.01This field contains the clinic(s) that are used to schedule patient admissions. The data entered in this field is used by the auto enroll to determine which admissions are scheduled.
741.08surgery package installedOS;7BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
If this field is answered Y(es) the auto enroll will scan the Surgery package for screen 107, Return to the O.R. in the same admission.
741.09allow mult patient selectionOS;8BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
Entering Y(es) at this prompt will allow you to select several patients at once for editing. Patients may be selected in the normal manner, i.e., by name, SSN, etc., or by an occurrence date range. The selected patients will then be brought up sequentially for editing. Entering N(o) will allow you to select only one patient at a time. Multiple patient selection will work in the following options: 1) Quick Exception Edit 2) Validation/Confirmation 3) Delete Occurrence Screen Record 4) Reopen Closed/Deleted Occurrence Screen Record
741.1multi-divisional os facilityOS;9BOOLEAN0:NO
1:YES
This field is used in conjunction with the DIVISION field to determine which output device the auto enroll reports will be sent to. Answering Y(es) to this field will allow you to select a different auto enroll output device for each division.
741.11os hospital divisionOS2;0MULTIPLE740.02
741.97*screen file conversion dateQAO;2DATE-TIMEThis field contains the date that the entries in the screen file #741.1 were DINUMed. This field is used to prevent the conversion from being run twice. Running this conversion twice would not corrupt the data, but it could potentially waste a lot of time.
741.98*severity conversion dateQAO;1DATE-TIMEThis field contains the date that the severity levels in file #741.8 were converted from a seven point scale to a four point scale. This field is used to prevent the conversion from being run twice.
741.99version (qao)VER;1FREE TEXTIndicates the version of the Occurrence Screen package. installed with QAO.
742.01mail group (qan)QAN;1POINTER3.8Indicates the MAILGROUP where the mail message should be sent. A proper recipient should be specified at this time.
742.02bulletin sent (qan)QAN;2BOOLEAN1:YES
Indicates whether a bulletin will be sent off to the specified mailgroup.
742.03responsible person switchQAN;3SET OF CODES0:OFF
1:ON
Indicates whether or not the 'Responsible Person' field should be asked.
742.04qm time frameQAN;4NUMERIC This field hold the number of days the user wishes to wait before the system warns the user of potential negligence in filing a 'VA 10-2633 Report Of Special Incident Involving A Beneficiary' form. This is only for incident events that do not require immediate notification to the region.
742.99version (qan)VER;6FREE TEXTIndicates the version of the Incident Reporting package.
743.01day weekly time frame beginsQAM;1SET OF CODES0:Sunday
1:Monday
2:Tuesday
3:Wednesday
4:Thursday
5:Friday
6:Saturday
This field contains the day of the week that the weekly time frame begins. This data is used by auto enroll for the update of the history file.
743.02monitoring system device(+)QAM;2FREE TEXTThis field contains the default printer device for the Monitoring System. Auto-Print Fall Out Reports will be routed to this device.
743.03max days per manual auto runQAM;3NUMERICThis field gives the maximum number of auto enroll runs that may be run consecutively.
743.04time between manual auto runsQAM;4NUMERICThis field contains the number of minutes between queued runs of auto enroll.
743.05manual auto run allowed timesQAM;5FREE TEXTThis field contains the range of time during which auto enroll may be manually queued to run. The format is HHMM-HHMM, where HH = Hours (00-23), and MM = Minutes (00-59). The second time must be greater than the first.
743.06allow use of `[' in group editQAM;6BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
If this field is set to YES the user may enter [GROUP MEMBER at the Select GROUP MEMBER prompt to select all entries that contain the text GROUP MEMBER as part of their name.
743.99version (qam)VER;2FREE TEXTIndicates the version of the Monitoring System package.
745.01display issue codes?QAC;1BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
While editing a contact record, if you want to display all the Issue Codes and Services you previously selected prior to the prompt Issue Codes, enter YES at this prompt.
745.02automatic roc alertQAC;2BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
If this field contains a 'YES', an alert for a Patient Rep Report of Contact will be sent automatically to the entries in the Refer Contact To field. Responses from each alert will be automatically laid into the Resolution field for review/edit by the Patient Representative.
745.99version (qac)VER;7FREE TEXTIndicates the version of the Patient Representative package.
747.011st address lineRC;1FREE TEXTThis field contains the 1st address line for the Facility.
747.022nd address lineRC;2FREE TEXTThis field contains the 2nd address line for the Facility.
747.03cityRC;3FREE TEXTThis field contains the city of the Facility.
747.04stateRC;4POINTER5This field is a pointer to the State File and contains the State of the Facility.
747.05zip RC;5FREE TEXTThis field contains the zip code of the Facility.
747.06main tele. no.RC;6FREE TEXTPlease use the format:(XXX)111-1111
747.07coord. sec. nameRC;7FREE TEXTName of the Credentialing Coordinator's Secretary.
747.08coordinatorRC;8FREE TEXTName of Coordinator for the Credentialing process.
747.09coord. tele.RC;9FREE TEXTThis field contains the Coordinator's telephone number.
747.1personnel chiefRC;10FREE TEXTThis field contains the name of the Personnel Chief for the Facility.
747.11director nameRC1;1FREE TEXTThis field contains the name of the Director for the Facility.
747.12applicant nameCOMPUTEDThis field is a computed field and requires no input. date. The user will not have to input data to this field.
747.13personnel routing symRC1;2FREE TEXTThis field contains the mail routing symbol for the Personnel Service.
747.14coord. routing symRC1;3FREE TEXTThis field contains the mail routing symbol for the Credentialing Coordinator.
747.15coord. titleRC1;4FREE TEXTThis field contains the official title of the Credentialing Coordinator.
747.16fsmb domainRC1;5FREE TEXTThis field is used to input the server name and Domain if your region decides to use the FSMB portion of this package. ie S.QARFSMB@ISC-CHICAGO.
747.2chief of staffRC1;6FREE TEXTName of Chief of Staff for this facility.
747.21c.o.s tele.#RC1;7FREE TEXTThis field contains the telephone number of the Chief of Staff.
747.23c.o.s. routing symRC1;8FREE TEXTThis field contains the mail routing symbol for the Chief of Staff.
747.99version (qar)VER;4FREE TEXTIndicates the version of the Credentials Tracking package. installed with QAR.
748.99version (qap)VER;3FREE TEXTIndicates the version of the Survey Generator package.
749multi-divisional pat rep facilityQAC;3BOOLEAN0:NO
1:YES
This field is set to YES if the facility has been integrated via the DBIA process, and has one computer system and database for more than one station.
750pat rep hospital divisionQAC2;0MULTIPLE740.03
751multi-divisional incid rep facilityQAN;5BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field holds a '1' or 'YES' if the station is an NDBI integrated Facility, with more than one Medical Center using one database.
752ir hospital divisionQAN2;0MULTIPLE740.0752This field is a pointer to the INSTITUTION file (#4). It is used by integrated sites to store the names of the Medical Centers in the integrated group.
753qac last recordQAC;4NUMERICThis field holds the IEN from file #745.1 of the last record that has been rolled up to the national database. The records are rolled up by a daily tasked job run by routines QACMAIL0 and ^QACMAIL1.
754qac rollup taskQAC;5NUMERICThis field will hold the task number of the latest data rollup for the Patient Representative package. This task number will be checked before tasking the daily rollup to see if there is already a copy of the job on the task list. This will prevent multiple copies of the job from being tasked.
755qan time requiredQAN;6BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
Field set to '1' or 'Yes' if site requires Date of Incident to include time of day.

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