myQA® PROactive

Unlock the power of risk analysis and transform it into value!

With myQA PROactive, you will:

  • Achieve higher safety levels
  • Perform objective risk evaluation
  • Strengthen compliance and follow best practice, efficiently

 

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Begin Benefit

Maximize your departmental safety

Every clinic, regardless of its size, resources, and experience, can benefit from prospective risk management. myQA PROactive will enable you to maximize departmental safety and optimize your QA program with your available resources.

Until recently, specific tools were not available to enable every clinic to perform prospective risk analysis quickly and easily. myQA PROactive changes this situation, with easy-to-use features and compliance with major risk analysis guidelines, including AAPM TG 100 and European regulations from the EU Council directive 2013/59/EURATOM.


Save time with intuitive tools

The Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method is an intuitive tool used by many risk managers. myQA PROactive starts you with a clean and powerful FMEA workspace where you can quickly learn how to use the innovative features.

  • Import your existing FMEA studies or start with high-quality, fully editable IBA templates prepared by our clinical partners.
  • Create flowcharts to clearly detail your workflows. Flowcharts can be annotated and color coded without adding complexity.
  • Set risk acceptance and tolerance levels with a risk matrix and review consequences with intuitive “traffic light” indicators.
  • View risk status with the library dashboard and use version control to track development of your risk analysis.

Innovative objective risk analysis

Avoid time-consuming complexities of risk evaluations such as cryptic numbers and human bias. Maximize support for obtaining the resources necessary to implement your identified safety measures. With myQA PROactive you gain:

  • Automated analysis of risks, based on measurable quantities like “event rate” (affected patients per year).
  • Automated quantitative evaluation of safety measures in terms of event rates.
  • Automated cost benefit analysis of all safety measures to support change for your department.

Be systematic and targeted

With myQA PROactive, you can opt for Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), FMEA, or both. FTA is a powerful tool for prospective risk management. FTA focuses on worst-case scenario and adverse effects on patients and is very fast. FMEA is workflow centric and systematic but time consuming. FMEA and FTA can be used as alternatives or complementary.

myQA PROactive Synchronization℗ enables you to switch effortlessly between FTA and FMEA analyses. You can target the most hazardous risks with FTA and then systematically analyze all workflow details with FMEA.



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myQA PROactive: The only commercial prospective risk management solution for radiation oncology, a tool for risk management.

David Menichelli from IBA Dosimetry talks about myQA PROactive.

David Menichelli

IBA Dosimetry 

6 min. (open access preview)47 min. (full presentation, members)

Proactive Risk Management in Radiation Oncology: from Burden to Value

Multi-professional healthcare teams use proactive risk management (RM) to analyse probable patient treatment failures and execute "safety measures" to prevent mishaps. IBA Dosimetry software for proactive risk management is myQA Proactive. This article shows how it solves FMEA spreadsheet flaws and facilitates AAPM TG100 [1] implementation so every clinic may manage risks with a positive effort balance.

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"myQA PROactive is an innovative tool for prospective risk analysis tailored to the needs of radiation oncology. It offers a formalized approach to risk assessment following best practice methodology. The software includes flowcharts and FMEA, and the integrated fault tree analysis identifies measures to block multiple error pathways, further increasing patient safety."

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Bert, Head of Medical Physics, Erlangen University Hospital


Additional services

Training & coaching program

With IBA Dosimetry training and coaching you can become a myQA PROactive expert, fast. Learn risk analysis best practice and team moderation with your team in an efficient 2-day online training. Contact us for schedules and affordable pricing.


Clinical References

Explore more

  • Discover how the utilization of myQA PROactive facilitated efficient performance of a risk analysis for SGRT, ensuring the integrity of risk assessment and enabling comparison of alternative measures for risk reduction.
    S. Russo, M. Esposito, A. Bruschi, A. Ghirelli, P. Alpi , S. Scoccianti, “FMEA risk analysis of surface-guided DIBH breast radiotherapy by using a commercial software tool,” ESTRO 2023, 12-16 May 2023 Vienna, digital poster (session 6030: quality assurance and auditing).
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  • Discover how myQA PROactive allows users to effectively meet German regulatory requirements for conducting risk analysis in radiation therapy.
    D. Kornek, "myQA PROactive Risikomanagement: Von der Last zum Mehrwert," 53. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Physik, Aachen, 22 Sept. 2022.
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  • Discover how the myQA PROactive enhances proactive risk management within a clinical environment.
    D. Menichelli, "myQA PROactive: A prospective risk management tool optimized for radiation oncology," BHPA 2023 annual symposium, 10-11 Feb. 2023 Brussels.
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  • Learn how myQA PROactive assists in meeting the regulatory requirements for internally developed software (MDR 2017/745 and IEC 62304).
    D. Dechambre, “Impact of the new medical device regulation on quality management”, myQA PROactive users’ workshop, Louvain-la-Neuve, 17 April 2023.
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  • Read how UZ Leuven streamlined a multifaceted risk management process that relied on several tools (Visio, Excel, Word) using myQA PROactive.
    C. Benazzouz, “Our experience from using Excel to using myQA PROactive,” myQA PROactive users’ workshop, Louvain-la-Neuve, 17 April 2023.
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  • Discover the advantages of using myQA PROactive instead of Excel as the tool for proactive risk management in radiation therapy, and understand the significance of utilizing risk analysis templates.
    S. Russo, “Implementation of proactive risk analysis in radiotherapy with myQA® PROactive. Case study: surface guided DIBH breast radiotherapy,” ESTRO 2023, 12-16 May 2023, Vienna.
    Read more

  • Learn the advantages of adopting myQA PROactive instead of relying on Excel for HFMEA workflow in a hospital that regularly conducts risk assessments for healthcare procedures
    N. Linthout, “From Excel-based HFMEA towards myQA PROactive”, ESTRO 2023, 12-16 May 2023, Vienna.
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  • Explore the profound ramifications of cybersecurity risks in the healthcare sector, encompassing threats, precautionary measures, and the pivotal function of cybersecurity risk management.
    Lämmerzahl, “Cybersecurity for medical devices: standardization of medical device cyber security”, myQA PROactive users’ workshop, Louvain-la-Neuve, 17 April 2023.
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  • Discover how the implementation of proactive risk management empowers hospitals to effectively handle uncertainties in projects such as the installation of new equipment, refurbishments, and department relocations.
    A. Batamuriza-Almasi, “The culture of conducting risk analysis for hospital projects and its impact on the healthcare environment,” myQA PROactive users’ workshop, Louvain-la-Neuve, 17 April 2023.
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  • Explore the potential risk management prerequisites for European radiotherapy clinics as they pertain to the national integration of EURATOM 2013/59 along with ISO 9001, the existing guidelines, and the obstacles that can be addressed through an electronic risk management platform.
    C. Rodriguez, “The hitchhiker’s guide to risk analysis,” myQA PROactive users’ workshop, Louvain-la-Neuve, 17 April 2023.
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End Benefit

Technical specs

Software specifications

Deployment

Local hosting with Kestrel web server

Access

Web browser-based

Data I/O

xls, xml, pdf

Process description

List & flow chart (automatically synchronized)

Risk analysis techniques

FMEA & FTA (automatically synchronized)

Risk criticality metrics

RPN & expected event rate

Risk evaluation criteria

Acceptance and tolerance levels defined with risk matrix (multi-parameter, fully customizable)

Decision tools

Cost/benefit analysis; evaluation of mitigation scenarios

UI language

UI language and terminology are customizable

Version control

Multiple versions for any risk analysis
Electronic release

1. Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Edge are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
2. Firefox is a trademark of the Mozilla Foundation in the U.S. and other countries.

System requirements

Installation machine

PC (single user)
Server (single and multiple users)

Operating system

Windows 10 1 or newer
Windows Server 2016 1 or newer

Minimum CPU power

2x2.0 GHz

Minimum available RAM

8GB

Minimum free disk space

4GB

Minimum screen resolution

1650 x 1050

Supported browsers

Edge1, Chrome™, and Firefox2