TECHNICAL SUPPORT BULLETIN
Configuring ALICE
Sleepware
1. In the Patient Data window, confirm that
the Patient ID is identical to the MedRec
Number you’ve set up for the patient in
Outcomes.
2. Generate an Outcomes report that
corresponds to the type of sleep study
you’ve undertaken.
3. In generating the .rtf report file, Alice
will reformat the sleep study data in a
format that Outcomes can understand.
The key data which must map out correctly
here for the study to import are the
Medical Record number (from item 1
above) and the FileNumber.
FileNumber should be in the syntax :
<aliceunitnumber>-<alicestudynumber>
4. Save the .rtf file back into the folder
that contains the Alice sleep study. The
naming convention should be something
predictable – for example:
outc_PSG_patientname.rtf.
Later we’ll be configuring Outcomes to go
looking for a file name that matches those
specs.
Outcomes Manager
SocSecNum;
DoubleClickAndEnterSocialSecurityNumber
Medrecnum; 01006102
_edrecnum; 72
StudyType; 95810
Patient; Eduard Bender
FileNumber; 37-A5BS00556
StudyDate; 3/12/2008
BirthDate; 6/13/1937
Sex; M
BedTime; 11:11:09 PM ….
Configuring OUTCOMES
1. First we have to configure Outcomes to find the Alice application and Alice sleep studies.
Open the import paths menu under Options>Settings>Import Paths and click on the tab
marked ALICE.
2. Under Alice Application Path, enter the
following string (assuming Alice is installed
in the default directory)
C:\Program Files\Respironics\Alice
Sleepware\exe\AliceViewer.exe
-action=view -location="Server"
-serial="%2" -acqno=%1
3. Under Alice Reports Path, enter a path
to the folder where your sleep study data
resides. During file import, Outcomes will
search this folder and all subfolders below
it looking for files to import.
4. Under Files, enter a file mask which
describes the outcomes rtf file we created
in step 4 of the Alice configuration. In this
example, we’re using out_*.rtf.
5. We’re now ready to import the file.
Under File > Import Log, hit the Import
button. If everything has imported
correctly, and if the patient actually exists
in the Outcomes database, and if the
MedRec number in the template matches
the number in the database, the file will
import without error and you’ll see a
Successful status under the import log. If
errors occur, they can sometimes be
corrected on the fly – a subject covered in
more detail in the Pursuit Outcomes
manual.
The import process can be configured to happen automatically.
CONFIGURING AUTO FILE IMPORT
1. Create a shortcut to outcomes.exe on
your desktop.
2. Right-click on the icon and select
Properties
6. Next time you log in, you should briefly
see an Outcomes splash screen and
then a little blue “P” icon will appear in
your system tray, to confirm that
Outcomes
is
running
in
the
background.
3. Under target, you should see
something like
"C:\Program Files\Pursuit Outcomes\
outcomes.exe"
4. Outside the quotation marks, add the
command /autoimportonly .
Your Target should now read like this:
"C:\Program Files\Pursuit Outcomes\
outcomes.exe" /autoimportonly
5. Move the shortcut icon into your
system startup folder to launch it
automatically when you boot your
computer. It’s usually located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\
Start Menu\Programs\Startup
7. Now edit your system registry. (In
your Start Menu, select Run and enter
regedit)
8. In your registry, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
BRAEBON Medical Corporation\
Pursuit Outcomes\10\Import Paths
9. Find
the
registry
key
named
ImportIntervalMinutes and double-click
it. In the Edit DWORD Value window
that pops up, click on the button
marked “decimal”. Under Value data,
enter the number of minutes you’d like
to set as the interval between imports.
That
should
do
the
trick.
Alternatively,
there’s
a
separate
command
line
switch, “outcomes.exe /importonce”, which will launch the program, import all the files it
finds, then shut down again. You could invoke this using the Windows Scheduler function and
accomplish basically the same thing.
PATIENT DATA EXPORT FROM OUTCOMES
1. To get this working, you need to edit the Outcomes system registry to add a new SZ
(string) value, FileExportMenu=1.
The location is highlighted in the screen shot below:
2. The registry change enables a new menu item in Outcomes, File>Export>Export Today’s
Patients to Alice
3. Selecting this menu item generates an XML file in the location you defined in Step 5 of File
Import in Outcomes. This file contains all the data Alice will need to populate the
appropriate patient information into the Alice Patient Data tab.