Statistical Process Control

Explores the role of statistical process control in offering an intuitive, practical, and robust approach to supporting efforts to improve healthcare. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Mohammed, Mohammed Amin
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
Edition1
SeriesElements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Subjects
development professionals
policymakers
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Statistical Process Control -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Understanding Variation by Handwriting the Letter 'a' -- 1.2 A Brief History of Statistical Process Control Methodology -- 2 What Is Statistical Process Control Methodology? -- 2.1 The Statistical Process Control Chart -- 2.1.1 The Run Chart -- 2.1.2 Shewhart Control Charts -- 2.1.3 Cumulative Sum Charts -- 3 Statistical Process Control in Action -- 3.1 Improving Patient Flow in an Acute Hospital Using Run Charts -- 3.2 Managing Individual Patients with Hypertension through Use of Statistical Process Control -- 3.3 Monitoring the Performance of Individual Surgeons through CUSUM Charts -- 3.4 Reducing Complications after Surgery Using Statistical Process Control -- 3.5 Comparing the Performance of Healthcare Organisations Using Funnel Plots -- 3.6 Investigating Special Cause Variation in Healthcare Using the Pyramid Model -- 3.7 Control Charts in Hospital Board Reports -- 3.8 Tracking Deaths during the COVID-19 Pandemic through Shewhart Control Charts -- 4 Critiques of Statistical Process Control -- 4.1 The Statistical Process Control Paradox: It's Easy Yet Not So Easy -- 4.2 Two Types of Errors When Using Statistical Process Control -- 4.3 Using More Than One Statistical Process Control Chart -- 4.4 The Risks of Risk-Adjusted Statistical Process Control in Healthcare -- 4.5 Methodological Controversies in Statistical Process Control -- 4.6 The Future of Statistical Process Control in Healthcare -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Further Reading -- References