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Date Initiated
31 March 2014
Project Status
In Progress
This programme aims to understand better control charts, a graphical method that can be used to display hospital safety and quality performance measures. These charts differ from other display methods , such as tables and line charts, in that they distinguish between special cause and chance variation. This is valuable, because investigating data that lies within the play of chance consumes resources better devoted to other quality improvement efforts. Control charts constrain such investigations of chance variations and direct decision-makers’ attention to the data that lay outside of chance variation, resulting in more efficient quality improvement efforts.
The plan was to appreciate control charts from two different perspectives:
By achieving these aims, recommendations can be formulated to support the increased use of control charts in NHS trusts across the West Midlands in order to improve the analysis of information and appropriate decision-making.
Kelly Schmidtke
e: kelly.schmidtke@wbs.ac.uk
t: 0121 371 8061