palCentre is clinical data capture software that allows services to participate in PCOC's national patient outcome data collection. It has been designed as an easy to use tool for services to collect information about patients, the interventions they receive and their outcomes. palCentre writes data to a SQL database that can be accessed simultaneously by multiple installations/computers. There are two options for the type of SQL database that can be used. These are:
- SQL server database - if your service already has a SQL server database, this is the preferred option for installation.
- SQL Compact database - this method can be used if your service does not have a SQL server available to be used.
palCentre has the following dependencies (installers are included in the files sent from PCOC).
- Visual C++ 2005
- Visual C++ 2005 Update
- Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 runtime
- SQL compact server (only required if using an SQL compact database)
The palCentre software is replacing SNAPshot which is the original software used for PCOC data entry. If you are upgrading from SNAPshot to palCentre for the first time, you will need to migrate the data across from SNAPshot to palCentre once you have setup the database.
For IT personal:
If you would like more information about the palCentre software, please see the links below:
Information for IT Administrators
FAQ for IT
The following pages will walk you through the installation process for palCentre. If you wish to install palCentre at your service, please contact Alanna Connolly on (02) 4221 5640 or Sam Burns on (02) 4298 1141 or via email pcoc@uow.edu.au and we will send you through a link with the installation files.
Database setup:
SQL server - this page will walk you through how to complete the database setup on an SQL server. This is the preferred database option.
SQL compact - this page will walk you though how to setup the database on an SQL compact file.
Migrating data:
/wiki/spaces/PalCentre/pages/20709763 - this step needs to be completed if upgrading from SNAPshot to palCentre. It only need to be completed once.
Migrating SQL compact database to SQL server database - this is only required for services that would like to migrate from SQL compact to SQL server.
Client machine installation (installing on individual computers):
Installing palCentre on a new computer - this will also install all the dependencies at the same time.
Upgrading palCentre on a computer that already has palCentre installed - only palCentre needs to be installed as all the dependencies are already installed.
Upgrading to palCentre from epiCentre for PCOC (pilot version of palCentre) - only needs to be completed once on all client machines.
If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Alanna Connolly on (02) 4221 5640 or Sam Burns on (02) 4298 1141 or via email pcoc@uow.edu.au.