عنوان

The health care data guide :

(Number (ISBN

0470902582 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9780470902585 (pbk.)

Number

b529149

Title Proper

The health care data guide :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

learning from data for improvement /

First Statement of Responsibility

Lloyd P. Provost, Sandra K. Murray

Edition Statement

1st ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

San Francisco, CA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Jossey-Bass,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2011

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxviii, 445 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

28 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Part I Using Data for Improvement: 1. Improvement Methodology -- 2. Using Data for Improvement -- 3. Understanding Variation Using Run Charts -- 4. Learning From Variation in Data --5. Understanding Variation Using Shewhart Charts -- Appendix 5.1: Calculating Shewhart Limits -- 6. Shewhart Chart Savvy: Dealing With Some Issues -- Part II Advanced Theory and Methods with Data: 7. More Shewhart-Type Charts -- 8. Special Uses for Shewhart Charts -- 9. Drilling Down into Aggregate Data for Improvement --Part III Applications of Shewhart Charts in Health Care: 10. Learning from Individual Patient Data -- 11. Learning from Patient Feedback to Improve Care -- 12. Using Shewhart Charts in Health Care Leadership -- Part IV Case Studies: 13. Case Studies Using Shewhart Charts

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Text of Note

"Step by step this comprehensive resource explores the statistical process control (SPC), a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of methods for ongoing improvement of processes and systems to yield better outcomes in health care organizations. It includes information on processes, stratification, rational subgrouping and stability and capability analysis, measurement, data collection methods, planned experimentation, and graphical methods. This book shows how to apply SPC to evaluate current process performance, search for ideas for improvement, tell if changes have resulted in evidence of improvement, and track implementation efforts to document sustainability of the improvement"--Provided by publisher

Medical care-- Quality control-- Data processing

Medical care-- Quality control-- Statistical methods

Data Interpretation, Statistical

Process Assessment (Health Care)-- methods

Quality Assurance, Health Care

Total Quality Management-- methods

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Provost, Lloyd P

Murray, Sandra K

Date of Transaction

20120126110558.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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