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PFA for Windows (WinPFA 2.2 revision 4/1/2008)
WinPFA Data
Collection: Cautionary Note
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As described in the Patient Flow-Analysis for Windows (WinPFA) Data Entry
Manual, WinPFA places two restrictions on users in selecting staff
identification codes:
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First,users may use 1,2, 3, or 4 characters.
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Second, only the fourth character may be
numeric; the first three must be alphabetic.
For example the following are all permissible:
W, WA, WAB, WAB1. By contrast, the following are not
permissible: 1, W1, WA1, WABA.
Failure to adhere to this WinPFA convention will
result in users not being able to generate WinPFA’s staff graph.
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Version 2.2 as earlier versions includes the graphing feature. This
feature offers separate graphs for client visits and staff workdays. Options
include generating simple graphs consisting solely of contact events or ones
presenting non-contacts and unavailables. One caveat: The graph does not yet
depict concurrent service events (e.g., an aide and a clinician providing
service during the same encounter). As an assist, we recommend using the
"Client Time-line Report" found under "Tools."
Patient Flow Analysis for
Windows (WinPFA) software:
WinPFASetup.exe; file
size 21.5MB (compressed); installed, 26MB
Note: With the occasional user reporting difficulty downloading the
WinPFA software, due to size of the WinPFASetup.exe file, we recommend
not using a dial-up connection and instead using a high-speed connection
to internet. To report difficulties, contact us.
Installation procedures:
Once you have downloaded (WinPFA) Setup.exe, complete installation by using
your Windows® “Run” utility. If you have questions, seek assistance from
your IT staff.
User manual:
Patient
Flow-Analysis for Windows (WinPFA) Data Entry Manual (PDF 2.75MB)
Update: Please disregard the following now out-of-date note which
appears on page 42 of this manual: "Unlike PFA 2.0, WinPFA 1.0 allows
you to enter data for time fields without regard for chronologic order."
WinPFA 1.1.5 through the current version require that users enter all
such data in chronologic order.
Data collection manual:
Patient Flow Analysis for
Windows (WinPFA) Data Collection Manual (PDF 3.8MB)
Support document:
WinPFA Registers in English (PDF 720 KB)
Patient Flow
Analysis (PFA 2.0)
Please Note: This is the final update to
the DOS version of PFA. While still functional under many operating systems
(e.g., Windows 95®), PFA 2.0, per reports CDC has received, may have become
functionally obsolete under Windows XP®. For users of Windows XP®, now may
be the time to switch to WinPFA.
If you have any questions about PFA, please
become familiar with PFA and the process of
PFA data collection and analysis.
Patient Flow Analysis
(PFA 2.0) software: (Downloaded files are self-extracting
WinZip®
files)
PFA
software (DOS version) zipped 946 KB installed 1.95 Mb.
Installation procedures:
Follow the installation
directions for your operating system. (PDF 142 KB)
User manual:
DOS
PFA Data Collection Manual (PDF 425 KB)
For the Patient Flow Analysis Data Processing Manual, please
contact us.
Support documents:
PFA
DOS Registers in English (PDF 68KB)
PFA DOS Registers in
Spanish (PDF 89KB)
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Page last reviewed: 4/22/09
Page last modified: 4/22/09
Content source: Division
of Reproductive Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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