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The Health Care Data Guide: Learning from Data for Improvement 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Lloyd P. Provost (Author), Sandra K. Murray (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The Health Care Data Guide is designed to help students and professionals build a skill set specific to using data for improvement of health care processes and systems. Even experienced data users will find valuable resources among the tools and cases that enrich The Health Care Data Guide. Practical and step-by-step, this book spotlights statistical process control (SPC) and develops a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of methods for ongoing improvement to yield better outcomes.

Provost and Murray reveal how to put SPC into practice for a wide range of applications including evaluating current process performance, searching for ideas for and determining evidence of improvement, and tracking and documenting sustainability of improvement. A comprehensive overview of graphical methods in SPC includes Shewhart charts, run charts, frequency plots, Pareto analysis, and scatter diagrams. Other topics include stratification and rational sub-grouping of data and methods to help predict performance of processes.

Illustrative examples and case studies encourage users to evaluate their knowledge and skills interactively and provide opportunity to develop additional skills and confidence in displaying and interpreting data.

Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/provost

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    978-0470902585
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    1st
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Jossey-Bass
  5. Publication date
    August 26, 2011
  6. Language
    English
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    15733 KB
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The Health Care Data Guide is designed to help students and professionals build a skill set specific to using data for improvement of health care processes and systems. Even experienced data users will find valuable resources among the tools and cases that enrich The Health Care Data Guide. Practical and step-by-step, this book spotlights statistical process control (SPC) and develops a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of methods for ongoing improvement to yield better outcomes.

Provost and Murray reveal how to put SPC into practice for a wide range of applications including evaluating current process performance, searching for ideas for and determining evidence of improvement, and tracking and documenting sustainability of improvement. A comprehensive overview of graphical methods in SPC includes Shewhart charts, run charts, frequency plots, Pareto analysis, and scatter diagrams. Other topics include stratification and rational sub-grouping of data and methods to help predict performance of processes.

Illustrative examples and case studies encourage users to evaluate their knowledge and skills interactively and provide opportunity to develop additional skills and confidence in displaying and interpreting data.

Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/provost

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The Health Care Data Guide is designed to help students and professionals build a skill set specific to using data for improvement of health care processes and systems. Even experienced data users will find valuable resources among the tools and cases that enrich The Health Care Data Guide. Practical and step-by-step, this book spotlights statistical process control (SPC) and develops a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of methods for ongoing improvement to yield better outcomes.

Provost and Murray reveal how to put SPC into practice for a wide range of applications including evaluating current process performance, searching for ideas for and determining evidence of improvement, and tracking and documenting sustainability of improvement. A comprehensive overview of graphical methods in SPC includes Shewhart charts, run charts, frequency plots, Pareto analysis, and scatter diagrams. Other topics include stratification and rational sub-grouping of data and methods to help predict performance of processes.

Illustrative examples and case studies encourage users to evaluate their knowledge and skills interactively and provide opportunity to develop additional skills and confidence in displaying and interpreting data.

Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/provost

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005K04704
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (August 26, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 15733 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 3 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 751 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 96 ratings

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Stags
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read….buy this!
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2021
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Nice and easy read. Real life healthcare examples to put data in perspective. Great book!!! Recommend purchasing for anyone in healthcare quality.
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Zachary Anderson, MD
5.0 out of 5 stars The gold standard.
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
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Excellent book that breaks down Healthcare quality data measurement in a meaningful way with well chosen examples.
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Adriane S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Timley arrival
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Arrived on time and is exactly what I needed for school
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Christopher
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant contribution to improvement science
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2019
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Clear, practical and immediately applicable in health care improvement.
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Cheryl Wyborny
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013
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Very detailed reference for choosing the right control chart. Well organized so can find needed information quickly. I recommend this book for anybody in healthcare quality.
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pukeko
5.0 out of 5 stars nurses opinion
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2012
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Health Care Data Guide is ideal for nurses who are just realizing or have known for a long time, the benefit of data to back up projects for improvement to leadership, it is going to be a valuable tool for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book that provides readers with a host of important ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2016
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Wonderful book that provides readers with a host of important tools for improvement-oriented work. A must for evaluators and engaged researchers everywhere.
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Heather R
5.0 out of 5 stars You need this.
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2015
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Fantastic book for analyzing statistics and data in healthcare. This is a major aspect of my job and now I have a go-to reference.
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Betty Oldershaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on September 18, 2017
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Great information on how to use data for quality improvement.
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Tricia woodhead
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2015
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Wonderful guide and reference book for clinical or other staff seeking to make sustainable improvement
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Inspired
4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, poor construction
Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2021
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A great resource for healthcare QI! Digestible even for novices.
It has been frustrating that may pages are connected to each other … get out the scissors!
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ajvphilp
5.0 out of 5 stars my definitive source
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2012
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this is my go-to reference for statistical process control as a measurement for improvement advisor in NHS Scotland. Highly recommended.
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