BTS audit tools that are currently available are:-

• acute asthma managed in hospital - adults
• acute wheezing in children
• community acquired pneumonia managed in hospitals, adults
• community acquired pneumonia managed in hospitals, children
• acute non invasive ventilation, adults

If you are a new user, you will need to register your details and install some software on your pc which will enable you to access the systems to enter your data. It is recommended that you fully involve your local IT Department in the installation process and reassure them that the systems are Caldicott compliant.

The most important part of the data entry process is the archiving of the entered data. Once you have completed entering a set of data for a particular data period, and you have no more editing or additions, you must archive the data using the 'Finish Data Entry' option from the 'Records' menu of the data form. This anonymises your data by removing the Hospital Number and Admission date. Further, it marks your data as complete so it can be used in National analysis. If you do not archive the data it will not appear in National aggregate data so other users will not get the benefit of your data to build the National picture.

Registration
Please email audittools@brit-thoracic.org.uk the following information:

Title / Forename / Surname
Hospital
Full hospital address and postcode (plus country if outside UK)
Telephone number
Email address
Password*
Audit tool(s) you wish to have access to.

* The password must be between 9 and 14 characters long and MUST contain a non alphanumeric character, eg. ?!£$%*().;-_ etc.

Installing the Audit Tool Software
Please click here for detailed instructions.

The latest version of the BTS Audit Tools Setup program can be downloaded from 
http://srv-02.ad.yorkhill.gla.ac.uk/download.html choosing the first link in the list labelled BTS Audit Tools Setup.
 
If you are a previous user please can you uninstall your current version by going into the Control Panel and choosing Add/Remove Programs then removing BTS Audit Tools.
 
Install the new version from the downloaded Setup file (you can change the install directory if you want).
 
Once installed run the program and make sure you can access all the parts of the program.
 
The start up screen is slightly different due to the addition of the auto update code.
 
Just click on the BTS Audit Tools button to check you have the latest version and launch the program. The program's files will be installed into c:\Program Files\National Audit Data - ensure you also install the file named YorkhillCA. This is required in order for your computer to communicate securely with the computer at Yorkhill Hospital where the data is stored -– program will not work if this is not done.