HFBS QSOA for IPAD

QSOA stands for Quick Schedule of Accommodation.

QSOA is a Module of the HFBS (Health Facility Briefing System) Web-based suite of applications for the Briefing, Planning and Design of Healthcare Facilities. The HFBS and QSOA can also be used for other building types, when necessary. However, they are optimised for the complexity of healthcare facilities.

With QSOA for IPAD, you can gain access to your existing (HFBS) Healthcare projects when connected to WiFi or mobile network with internet connection. This means that you need to have an existing HFBS Registration and account. With QSOA you can do the following:

• Load the Project and any Milestones
• View, edit and save the briefing information
• Access the relevant Standards, Guidelines and your Reference Projects
• Drag and drop from the above right into your own project
• Drag Whole rooms or Whole departments

Edit any of the following:

• Project, Department or Room Primary Information
• Room Fabric and Finishes
• Furniture and Fittings (FF)
• Fixtures and Equipment
• Building Services
   

Each section of the QSOA for IPAD has its own Live menu system. You can drag and drop menu items right into the project just as the web version. Also see How to Use.

Contents of the room remain editable including selections, remarks, item groups etc.

In order to use the HFBS QSOA for IPAD, you will need an existing registration, valid account and at least one project. At this stage it is not possible to register on the HFBS platform on iPAD. You need to register on the web, using a PC with MS Internet Explorer 8+ browser. Then after you register and create a project, come back and use QSOA on IPAD on the move. Here are the steps:

• Optionally, read about the HFBS platfom on www.healthdesign.com.au/infohub
• On MS Explorer go to HFBS Home Page at: www.healthdesign.com.au
• Click on “New HFBS Account”
• Follow instructions, select a Domain, pay Domain subscription
• Go back to HFBS Home Page and Login.
• Inside HFBS, click “Data>New Project”, Create a new project and pay project subscription
• Optionally, click on Power “Tools>Pro1 QSOA”, follow instructions and subscribe to the web based version of QSOA
• Come back to IPAD, start QSOA for IPAD, Login, select your Domain, then your Project

Now you can edit your project briefing material on IPAD. If you have any problems setting up your account, email HFBS Techsupport on dbarton@healthpi.com.au or on +61294604199, ask for Dianne Barton and ask her to set up your account for you whilst you are online.

Here are the basic steps to use the QSOA for IPAD:

• You must have a good, reliable WiFi or Mobile Internet service while you use QSOA on IPAD. There must not be any micro-dropouts
• On the left panel click “Select a Project”, then choose one of your existing projects
• If the project has one or more Milestones, select one below the name of the project
• Optionally, on the right panel select a Reference Project or the Domain’s Standard Project (which is the host of the Standards and Guidelines)
• The list of Departments or Functional Planning Units (FPU’s) come up.
• Click a Department, a list of rooms come up
• If the room has a red circle with a number in it, click it to see the clones of the room
• At any time click the symbol to the right of the item (3 white bars) to see the details in the panel below.
• In the detailed panel below, click any project item to edit (Reference Project details can be viewed but not edited)
• Whilst viewing the details of rooms in the bottom panel, click the tabs for Fabric, FF (Fittings and furniture), FE (Fixtures and Equipment) or Services
• Then click the Menu to the left to see available items. Long press and drag the item you want onto the panel.
• To edit an item in the bottom panel, click one row and edit in the pup panel
• To delete a whole row in the bottom panel, click “edit”, then delete via the red button on the left
• If you loaded a Reference Project or Standard project on the right panel, you can long press any Department or Room and then drag it to your project. Once inside your project, it will become editable.
• All features of QSOA for IPAD are very similar to the web version on the HFBS platform. What you do on either platform can be seen and edited in the other platform.
• If you need to print your briefing material such as Room Data Sheets, Schedule of Equipment, Schedule of Finishes, Project Summary or Schedule of Accommodation (SOA), you will need to open your project on the web version on the HFBS Platfom and do it there.
• There are many other features which are intuitive and you can experiment as you explore. Just note that QSOA on IPAD is Live and what you do is saved directly to the web and there is no UNDO button.

If you are already using QSOA for IPAD, it means that you already have at least one Project on the HFBS Platform on the web platform. So, if you wish to create more projects, you need to follow the same process as you used to create your first project. Here is the summary:

• On MS Explorer go to HFBS Home Page at: www.healthdesign.com.au
• On the HFBS Home Page and Login.
• Inside HFBS, click “Data>New Project”, Choose either “New Project” or “Copy/Import New Project”. New Project is Blank. Copy/Import means it will be a copy of one of your existing projects.
• Create a new project and pay project subscription
• Come back to IPAD, start QSOA for IPAD, Login, select your Domain, then your New Project.
• Optionally, if you want your new project to be on a different Domain, follow the instructions for HFBS Registration, then select a new Domain. Register yourself in that Domain and follow the same process to create a new Project. Then when you Login to QSOA or IPAD, you will see a choice of Domains followed by the Projects in the Domain.

A Milestone is a complete copy of a Project at a point in its history. Each project has at least one Milestone called “Default”. All Milestones remain editable just like the real project. It is recommended at at key project stages such as completion of Briefing or Schematic Design, a copy of the project be made as a Milestone under a recognizable name.

The process for creating a Milestone is very similar to creating a new project, except the name of the new project will be the same as the current project but with a new Milestone name. Here is the summary of the process:

• On MS Explorer go to HFBS Home Page at: www.healthdesign.com.au
• On the HFBS Home Page and Login.
• Inside HFBS, click “Data>New Project”
• Select Copy/Import New Milestone, then select your Source Project
• Follow instructions to create a new Milestone and pay subscription costs just like a project
• Come back to IPAD, start QSOA for IPAD, Login, select your Domain, then find your New Project and new Milestone

We want you to have a good experience like thousands of professionals using the HFBS Web Platform. The IPAD version of QSOA Module is new and may have a few glitches. These will be resolved in quick succession and updated at no cost. So, please let us know if you find any problems. Here is how to contact the HFBS and QSOA for IPAD TechSuport:

First go to the HFBS Infohub on www.healthdesign.com.au/infohub

There is a wealth of information on the HFBS there and may well answer your query.

If you are just trying to create a project and cannot find how to do it, please read the relevant sections in this web page, especially Register and Create New Project.

On the Infohub website, click on “HFBS Support” and use any of the options offered. They equally apply to QSOA for IPAD.

Alternatively just email: techsupport@healthdesign.com.au and explain your issue. Please make sure you insert the word QSOA for IPAD somewhere in the “Subject”. Please leave a return telephone number with complete international dialing codes.

in urgent situations, please call techsupport at +61294604199 and ask for Dianne Barton. She will pass you onto the right person to answer your urgent queries.

Please do not hesitate to suggest new features or ways of making this application better for everyone.

Disclaimer: The use of this application is entirely at your risk. The developers and authors of this application do not accept any responsibility for your use of this application for mission critical purposes including any direct or indirect damages.