Getting started with QAWeb Enterprise in 5 steps

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Note: A German Version of this tutorial has been attached to this KB Article, to explain how to get started with QAWeb Enterprise and how to activate the DIN-6868 regulation specific for certain countries only.
 

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Prerequisites

  1. Before getting started with QAWeb Enterprise, please read the system requirements needed on your workstations.
  2. Check our QAWeb Enterprise Security and Connectivity FAQ document (on our Barco webpage, QAWeb Enterprise manuals and documentation section) here .
  3. We strongly recommend connecting each display with a USB cable to the workstation. Please also, update the Barco MXRT Display Controller drivers to their latest version (See: kb4010)

Step 1: Sign-up for QAWeb Enterprise

Note: If you are a hospital partner and you (+ your colleagues) would like to manage multiple organizations, we recommend you to sign-up to the QAWeb Enterprise Partner Portal. More information about it, here

If you are an Organization or a hospital managing the quality assurance conformity of your diagnostic imaging displays, please follow the below steps:
  • Open your web browser (preferably Google Chrome) and enter the QAWeb Enterprise Webportal URL: https://qaweb.healthcare.barco.com 
  • Click at the bottom page on sign up now 
  • The QAWeb Enterprise software program is part of the Barco SSO authentification process.
    • Therefore, if you have already mybarco account, enter your e-mail address in the authentification window. myBarco_Login.JPG
    • If you haven't an account yet, enter your e-mail address and a verification code will be sent to you. Enter the verification code in the authentification window
  • Welcome to QAWeb Enterprise ! You can now start with the organization creation process that will immediately give you the possibility to get started with QAWeb Enterprise in 5 steps !
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  • Start entering the Organization details such as the Organization Name and its location. For this, enter an address using the Mapbox tool. If Mapbox isn't able to locate the hospital address, please use the manual location entry fields. 
    • If the Organization is already connected to Medical QAWeb Server, it is possible to show the QA Status of the old Medical QAWeb Agents in the web interface of QAWeb Enterprise but in a read-only mode. This read-only QAWeb1 Status page might be helpful during the migration of QAWeb1 to QAWeb Enterprise but it is not mandatory at all. Statuses of QAWeb1 data can still be consulted on the Medical QAWeb Server (https.//service.medical.barco.com) 
  • Accept the EULA and Privacy Statement
  • The organization is now created. 
Note: Please avoid creating too many organizations for tests or demo purposes. If an Organization has to be deleted, please contact the Barco customer service team.

Step 2: Setup your organization

Info: Initially, your organization is empty and only contains the top ‘root’ node. It is possible, although not recommended, to use QAWeb Enterprise without customizing the organizational structure any further. In that case, the system will use default policies for all connected workstations with default ambient light settings (35 lx).

The organizational structure is recommended in Step 2 to keep your workstations hierarchically organized but also allows you to assign policies and give user permissions to specific nodes in your organizational structure.

Later, QAWeb Enterprise Agents have to be assigned to "rooms". Those rooms need therefore first to be created in your organization tree. It is possible to create an organizational structure of up to 7 levels but only 3 levels are mandatory (Organization, Hospital, Room). 

Once connected on the Web interface of QAWeb Enterprise Server: 

  • Go to Administration, Structure 
  • Click on the "+" icon to create a new node 
  • Fill in the fields with the required information 

You can achieve this step by following the guidelines of the below Online Manual section:

Step 3: Setup Policies  

Diagnostic Imaging displays need periodic calibration and QA tests. The default policies in QAWeb Enterprise are made of: 

  1. Default Calibration Policy: It contains the default calibration parameter for each Barco display model
  2. Default QA Policy: It contains QA Tasks defined by display uses (for example general radiology displays have different QA tasks than Reviewing or Mammography displays)
  3. Default Ambient Light Policy: (AAPM) CT/MR/NM reading room (35lux)  
Certain regions require to follow a specific regulation that can be defined and assigned to the nodes of the organization. 

If default policies have to be adapted, they can be duplicated and modified from the section QA --> Calibration, QA --> QA and QA --> Ambient Light  

More information on how to assign modified policies to your workstations can be found in this section from the online user manual. 

Important: All information about Policies in QAWeb Enterprise can be find here  


Step 4: Download & Install QAWeb Enterprise Agent  

We are now ready to deploy the Agent to each diagnostic workstation.
QAWeb Enterprise is composed of two main components, QAWeb Enterprise Agent and QAWeb Enterprise Cloud Server.

Start by downloading the agent. The installation wizzard guides the user through the process or automated installation with tools like SCCM can be used as well.

Note: Once installed, the QAWeb Enterprise Agent can be configured to run in "Standalone Mode" or "Online Mode" , see more about in the following KB Article "how to convert from Standalone Mode to Cloud-Connected Mode"

To Install and register the QAWeb Agent in Online Mode, please follow the dedicated section "Installing & Registering the QAWeb Agent"  from the QAWeb Enterprise Online Manual. 

Step 5:  Assign QAWeb Enterprise Agent

Once the QAWeb Enterprise Agent installed and registered, the workstation will be listed in the Administration > Assignment > unassigned workstation location.

  • Select from the left organization tree, a previously created diagnostic imaging room (step 2)
  • drag and drop an unassigned workstation to your room node.

From then on, the workstations will be governed by the policy assigned to this node.

 

Follow the below Online Manual section to assign your new registered QAWeb Enterprise Agent to a room of your organization. 

Further information:

On-boarding to QAWeb Enterprise completed ! Tasks will run automatically on the workstations and produce results. These results can be visualized, generated (.pdf) and printed from the QAWeb Enterprise Webportal. 

  • Display communication via USB: It is strongly recommended to connect all Barco Diagnostic and Clinical displays to the workstation with a USB cable. This improves the stability of the communication between agent and display and also increases the execution speed of certain operations.
  • The QAWeb Enterprise Agent graphical user interface can be open from the Windows Taskbar (lower right corner), see 
  • Once opened and all tasks passed, your QAWeb Agent should look like the example here below: 

 

Should you encounter any issues in the above five steps,  please contact the Barco customer service team which will be happy to provide further technical assistance.

Further reading

This concludes the essential steps to get started with QAWeb Enterprise. For further details, several sources of information are available:

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Last updated May 24, 2023