A Low-Code Web Application for the Collection of Computed Tomography Quality Control Data
Abstract
Purpose
To create a simple web application for collecting quality control data from computed tomography systems that provides basic analytics and manages physicist approvals.
Methods
A web accessible application (web-app) was created in the low-code Microsoft Power Apps environment and modeled on the ACR CT quality control form. CT technologists enter data into the web-app from nine locations throughout the hospital’s network. Basic trending analysis is performed as well as reporting on compliance metrics to assist with identifying problems and accreditation reporting. Reports are generated monthly for physicist reviewers and signed using the Microsoft Approvals application.
Results
The CT quality control application resides in the Microsoft Teams environment, which allows user access control through member management in Teams. The application connects to SharePoint lists as its data source, which is entirely managed by the web-app. CT QC data is available real-time in the web-app including a simple dashboard that plots HU water trends and reports on missing or non-compliant entries.
Conclusion
A CT quality control web-app was developed in the low-code Power Apps platform which does not require knowledge of web development. The application uses the host institution’s MS365 standard licensing and did not require additional costs. The duration from concept to a working web-app was only a few weeks.