Automating Quality Assurance for MQSA Compliance Richard Stark T HE MAMMOGRAPHY Quality Standards Act of 1994 requires that radiology facilities provide mammographic examinations in compliance with regulations regarding the quality control of their mammography units and film processors. Compliance with these regulations requires an enormous amount of paperwork in order to document testing, analyze equipment function, and produce reports for regulatory authorities. The speaker will describe a database design for equipment tracking which can reduce testing, analysis and reporting time and also allow the user to establish test protocols, reminders and warning flags in order to catch out of tolerance results. This testing engine, test protocol set-up steps, testing Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol 11, No 3, Suppl1 (August), 1998: p 219 procedures and reporting utilities will be described as well as graphical and statistical analysis functions. The speaker will also discuss quality control information management in general, and the strategic role of computer automated data collection and analysis in improving operational performance, optimizing resource utilization and reducing costs. From Argus Software Inc, Redwood City, CA. Address reprint requests to Richard Stark, MS, President, Argus Software, Inc, 2221 Broadway, Suite 212 Redwood City, CA94063. Copyright © 1998 by WB. Saunders Company 0897-/889/98/1103-1073$8.00/0 219

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Automating Quality Assurance for MQSA Compliance

Richard Stark

THE MAMMOGRAPHY Quality Standards Actof 1994 requires that radiology facilities

provide mammographic examinations in compliance with regulations regarding the quality controlof their mammography units and film processors.

Compliance with these regulations requires anenormous amount of paperwork in order to document testing, analyze equipment function, andproduce reports for regulatory authorities.

The speaker will describe a database design forequipment tracking which can reduce testing, analysis and reporting time and also allow the user toestablish test protocols, reminders and warningflags in order to catch out of tolerance results. Thistesting engine, test protocol set-up steps, testing

Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol 11, No 3, Suppl1 (August), 1998: p 219

procedures and reporting utilities will be describedas well as graphical and statistical analysis functions.

The speaker will also discuss quality controlinformation management in general, and the strategic role of computer automated data collection andanalysis in improving operational performance,optimizing resource utilization and reducing costs.

From Argus Software Inc, Redwood City, CA.Address reprint requests to Richard Stark, MS, President,

Argus Software, Inc, 2221 Broadway, Suite 212 Redwood City,CA94063.

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