| DESCRIPTION | The A&SP Site Parameters option allows you to enter data into theA&SP SITE PARAMETERS file (#509850.8). This data determines howQUASAR behaves when entering Visit information at your site. After entering your site name you will be asked whether you wishQUASAR to INTERFACE WITH PCE. If you answer YES then the overnightbatch transmission job that sends the data to PCE will be activated. Next you must define each Division for which Visit data is recordedat your site. For each Division you will then be asked whether ornot data for this Division should be sent to PCE, whether or not touse Local File numbers to identify patients, whether or not to use the AMIE C&P Interface, whether or not to require audiometric data for hearing loss Diagnosis Codes, and the names of all the clinics at which the visits take place. In order to use Quasar to record visit data for a Division, the Division must be defined on this file and have a status of ACTIVE.The Status should be set to INACTIVE if you no longer record visitsfor a Division or you have entered a Division by mistake. (You can not delete a Division from this file but changing the status to INACTIVE has the same effect). The Division status referred to hereapplies only to Quasar and has no effect on any other packages. If the parameter INTERFACE WITH PCE is set to YES, then visit data will be transmitted to PCE for all Divisions that have the SEND TOPCE parameter set to YES. This means the interface may be turned offfor a single Division by setting the SEND TO PCE parameter for thatDivision to NO. If the INTERFACE TO PCE parameter is set to NO thenNO DATA will be sent to PCE for any Division. Answer YES or NO to the USE ASP CLINIC FILE NUMBER field. Some sites have existing LOCAL (not medical center) file numbers associated with their Audiology and Speech Pathology patients and wish to continue using these numbers. If you answer YES, you can cross-reference QUASAR visit entries to your current file numbering system. The USE C&P field can be answered YES or NO. Answer YES if you wish to use QUASAR's AMIE/C&P interface. If you use a different reportingprocedure and do not wish to use the AMIE/C&P interface, answer NO. The AMIE linkage feature allows entry of text and audiometric datain the AMIE format, adequation of the results, and hand-off of the report to the AMIE Compensation and Pension package. If this option is enabled, QUASAR is informed when an Audiology C&P exam is scheduled. When an entry is made for the patient, the user is asked "Is this a C&P exam?" If the user responds yes, in addition to the usual QUASAR information, narrative data is requested for generatingthe AMIE report. If the C&P exam prompt does not appear, the patient entered is either (1) not a C&P patient, (2) Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO)did not request an AUDIO exam (see Form 2507), or (3) the patient's C&P claim has been closed by the C&P Unit. Users should contact their C&P Unit. If it is determined that the patient has a C&P visit, the C&P prompt can be turned on by entering ^C after the patient identifying information is entered. Answer YES or NO to the BYPASS AUDIOMETRICS field. Certain diagnosis codes (i.e., hearing loss codes) are flagged to require audiometric data to be entered when those codes are used for a visit. By answering YES for the BYPASS AUDIOMETRICS field, you allow users to bypass the entry of that data. If you answer NO, users are not allowed to bypass the entry of audiometric data. The final prompt is for CLINIC LOCATION. Clinics can be established by name (e.g., Audiology or Speech Pathology), by function (e.g., Hearing Aid Clinic or Dysphagia Clinic), or by clinician (e.g., Audiology-Smith). Only clinic locations established by MAS can be selected. Contact MAS for further information. Multi-divisional sites or those with more than one A&SP location are entered. There must be at least one clinic entered for this field. |