A Lean Six Sigma Case Study
If you want to prosper for a year, grow rice. If you want to prosper for a decade, plant trees. If
you want to prosper for a century, grow people -- a wise old farmer reflecting back on a life
of toil in the soil
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The following Lean Six Sigma case study will reflect a real-life healthcare problem with
Continuous Improvement and Lean Six Sigma Tools to show how some of the tools are put into
place in the real world. The object of this project is your appropriate use of Lean Six Sigma
tools and the data provided. Project completion is required to pass the course. Project
assignments are assessed on a Complete/Incomplete basis. Each Phase of the DMAIC process in
the Project has an assignment. Assignments must be submitted to the instructor by the end of the
week corresponding to the DMAIC Phase. The exception is the week 8 or Control phase
assignment which needs to be submitted early in the last week of the course to allow grading.
The Instructor will determine if the student has submitted a Project assignment that is Complete.
If the assignment is Incomplete, there will be interaction between the Instructor and student until
the assignment is Complete. All project assignments must be assessed as Complete for the
student to pass the course. An Incomplete project will result in a Failing grade for the course.
Student Case Study
Case Study:
Process Improvement –
Reduction in Wait Time for
Patients in a Doctor Office
Executive Summary
Dr. Deasley is a popular Doctor in Tampa, Florida specializing in primary care. He spends a great deal of
time with each of his patients, typically, 45 minutes to one (1) hour. As a result, there are many other
patients waiting in the waiting room who become impatient at the long wait time. The Doctor has hours
every day except Wednesdays. He has Hospital Clinic on Wednesdays and does not have office hours.
Dr. Deasley’s office hours are 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM (patients can be scheduled up until 5:30 PM) on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM (patients can be scheduled up until 7:30 PM) on
Mondays and Fridays. He does Hospital Rounds from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM. He conducts patient call
backs between patients, during his lunch hour and after office hours. We triage the calls so he gets back
to more seriously sick patients first. However, sometimes he doesn’t call back non-emergencies until the
next AM. Dr. Deasley is becomes overbooked because he likes to have 10 patients scheduled per day.
However, due to time constraints he frequently needs to rebook patients he is unable to see due to time
constraints.
Dr. Deasley’s patients and staff love him for his patience and attention. But, several long term patients
have left his practice because of this issue. This has resulted in a decrease in revenue for the office. In
addition, his office is experiencing a rather high rate of staff turnover. S ...
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HSA-6197 Health Information System and Electronic Health Records Week 4
Critical Reflection Paper: Chapters 7 & 8
·
Objective: To judgmentally reflect your understanding of the readings and your skill to apply them to your Health care Setting.
ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES (10%):
Students will censoriously scrutinize the readings from Chapter 7and 8 in your textbook. This project is planned to help your assessment, analysis, and apply the readings to your Health Care Organization as well as become the foundation for all your outstanding jobs.
You need to read the chapters assigned for week 4 and develop a 2-3-page paper reproducing your understanding and ability to apply the readings to your Health Care Organization. Each paper must be typewritten with 12-point font and double-spaced with standard margins. Follow APA style 7th edition format when referring to the selected articles and include a reference page.
EACH PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1. Introduction (25%) Deliver a short-lived synopsis of the meaning (not a description) of each Chapter and articles you read, in your own words.
2. Your Critique (50%)
What is your reaction to the content of the articles?
What did you learn about Medical Coding and the Purpose of ICD-9-CM?
What did you learn about PPO, HMO and POS Health Plans?
Did these Chapter and articles change your thoughts about Third-Party Payers? If so, how? If not, what remained the same?
3. Conclusion (15%)
Briefly summarize your thoughts & conclusion to your critique of the articles and Chapter you read. How did these articles and Chapters impact your thoughts on the purpose of an electronic encounter form in an EHR.
Evaluation will be based on how clearly you respond to the above, in particular:
a) The clarity with which you critique the chapters.
b) The depth, scope, and organization of your paper; and,
c) Your conclusions, including a description of the impact of these articles and Chapters on any He ...
This document contains files and metadata related to an assignment for an online health information systems course. The assignment involves critically reflecting on readings from the course textbook and applying the concepts to a healthcare setting. Students are asked to write a paper summarizing their understanding of the readings, analyzing how specific topics could be applied, and concluding with thoughts on the impact. The document provides detailed guidelines, learning objectives, and rubrics for evaluating the assignment.
This document discusses various quality improvement principles, methods, and tools. It covers the following key points:
1. Quality improvement requires high intention, effort, direction, and execution. Data should be used to make decisions and assess whether improvements are successful.
2. Common quality improvement methods discussed are Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for proactive risk assessment, Lean thinking to eliminate waste and streamline processes, and the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle for reactive problem solving projects.
3. When selecting a quality improvement project, factors to consider include the problem's significance, size, repetition, potential impact, and urgency. The document provides an example project selection table.
The document discusses various management techniques that can be used to improve healthcare delivery and lower costs. These include PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle, Six Sigma, balanced scorecard, Lean methodology, business process reengineering, and benchmarking. Case studies are provided that demonstrate how these techniques were used to reduce prolonged hospital stays, delays in lab and ultrasound reports, and surgical infections.
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In 750-1,000 words, develop an evaluation plan to be included in your final evidence-based practice project proposal. You will use the evaluation plan in the Topic 8 assignment, during which you will synthesize the various aspects of your project into a final paper detailing your evidence-based practice project proposal.
Provide the following criteria in the evaluation, making sure it is comprehensive and concise:
Discuss the expected outcomes for your evidence-based practice project proposal.
Review the various data collection tools associated with your selected research design and select one data collection tool that would be effective for your research design. Explain how this tool is valid, reliable, and applicable.
Select a statistical test for your project and explain why it is best suited for the tool you choose.
Describe what methods you will apply to your data collection tool and how the outcomes will be measured and evaluated based on the tool you selected.
Propose strategies that will be taken if outcomes do not provide positive or expected results.
Describe the plans to maintain, extend, revise, and discontinue a proposed solution after implementation.
Refer to the "Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal – Assignment Overview" document for an overview of the evidence-based practice project proposal assignments.
You are required to cite a minimum of five peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Complete the "APA Writing Checklist" to ensure that your paper adheres to APA style and formatting criteria and general guidelines for academic writing. Include the completed checklist as an appendix at the end of your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Rubric
Expected outcomes for the evidence-based practice project proposal are discussed. Thorough explanations and strong supporting research are provided.
A data collection tool is selected and a well-supported explanation for why the tool is valid, reliable, and applicable and would be effective for the research design is presented.
A statistical test is selected, and a well-supported explanation for why the test is best suited for the tool is clearly presented.
Methods that will be applied to the data collection are thoroughly discussed. A discussion of how the outcomes will be measured and evaluated based on the tool selected are presented.
Clear and well-supported strategies for nonpositive outcomes are presented.
Detailed and well-supported plans to maintain, extend, revise, and discontinue a proposed solution after implementation are presented.
Thesis is clear and forecasts the development of the paper. The ...
The document discusses best practices for healthcare project management. It outlines a typical project management plan consisting of four phases (P0-P3): project initiation, project planning, project execution, and project closure. Each phase has key tasks and mandatory/recommended documentation. Challenges are analyzed for each phase regarding technology, organization, timing and finances. Change management and six sigma approaches are also summarized. The overall goal is to ensure project success by meeting objectives, timelines and budgets through professional planning and management.
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HA3110D - Quality Improvement and Risk Management
LP03.2 Assignment Self-Improvement Project
Self-improvement Project Worksheet
HA3110
Healthcare Quality Improvement & Risk Management
1. Perhaps the most widely used improvement model is the PDSA model which is what you will use for your self-improvement project in this course.
2. You have the autonomy to choose your project from this list:
a. accepting criticism
b. budgeting (personal or family)
c. communication skills
d. healthy Lifestyle (includes weight loss, diet and exercise)
e. smoking cessation
f. stress reduction
g. stress related to time management
h. time management.
3. Due to time constraints and the scope of this course, your measures and resulting data display has been done for you.
Use this form for your work: Just click in the box and type, although with extensive dialogue, the format might change, but it will not affect the content of the document.
1. What is it you want to improve: (Also referred to as your Aim Statement)
(
Smoking cessation.
)
(
Full smoking cessation
) (
By
t
KLH
he
end of the year.
)
2. How much: 3. By when:
3. (
Plan
)By completing the above, you have described how you will know if the changes create
an improvement.
4. (
I will use a 7 weeks
likert
survey and a line graph.
)What Likert Survey and run chart will you use?
Complete to here for LP3.2 Drop Box: Project Topic
This is where you continue your planning stage (perhaps the most important phase of the PDSA cycle). Find evidence-based information on best practice related to your topic. Remember, in quality improvement it is not always up to you to reinvent the wheel. What works for others and supported by studies and research should work for you. (However, always give them credit when credit is due). Although you will be using the Likert survey, you are required to provide the “theory” behind you work.
In your update for Week 4, provide a review of how you have implemented the Plan stage of the PDSA Improvement Model (250-350 words). Copy any paste your response to the LP4.2 drop box.
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smoking is having a reason why one really wants to
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Improving health-this is mostly the main
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some
cases,quiting
smoking because of health issues comes from the doctor’s advice but most times it is a self
madedecision.oking
increases once risk of throat
cancer,lungcancer,heartdisease,emphysema
gumdisease,ulcers
and high blood
pressure.In
some instances the victim just wants to feel healthier by avoiding smoke caused
coughing,sore
throats and poor athletic ability thus the urge to quit.
Better looks-smoking can result to stained
teeth,dull
skin and wrinkles
therefore an urge to quit.
)
(
Plan
)
In the ideal situation, you would begin the DO stage by testing on a small scale.
Here you wi.
Annual ed performance improvement.4 2010capstonerx
This document discusses performance improvement in healthcare. It outlines how opportunities for improvement are identified through patient satisfaction surveys, staff input, chart reviews, and other means. Priorities are set annually and focus on clinical care quality, patient/employee satisfaction, and financial performance. The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle is used to test changes. Staff are encouraged to submit improvement ideas. Performance improvement differs from research in that the former aims to improve local processes while research seeks generalizable knowledge. Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections is provided as an example project using the PDCA framework.
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HSA-6197 Health Information System and Electronic Health Records Week 4
Critical Reflection Paper: Chapters 7 & 8
·
Objective: To judgmentally reflect your understanding of the readings and your skill to apply them to your Health care Setting.
ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES (10%):
Students will censoriously scrutinize the readings from Chapter 7and 8 in your textbook. This project is planned to help your assessment, analysis, and apply the readings to your Health Care Organization as well as become the foundation for all your outstanding jobs.
You need to read the chapters assigned for week 4 and develop a 2-3-page paper reproducing your understanding and ability to apply the readings to your Health Care Organization. Each paper must be typewritten with 12-point font and double-spaced with standard margins. Follow APA style 7th edition format when referring to the selected articles and include a reference page.
EACH PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1. Introduction (25%) Deliver a short-lived synopsis of the meaning (not a description) of each Chapter and articles you read, in your own words.
2. Your Critique (50%)
What is your reaction to the content of the articles?
What did you learn about Medical Coding and the Purpose of ICD-9-CM?
What did you learn about PPO, HMO and POS Health Plans?
Did these Chapter and articles change your thoughts about Third-Party Payers? If so, how? If not, what remained the same?
3. Conclusion (15%)
Briefly summarize your thoughts & conclusion to your critique of the articles and Chapter you read. How did these articles and Chapters impact your thoughts on the purpose of an electronic encounter form in an EHR.
Evaluation will be based on how clearly you respond to the above, in particular:
a) The clarity with which you critique the chapters.
b) The depth, scope, and organization of your paper; and,
c) Your conclusions, including a description of the impact of these articles and Chapters on any He ...
This document contains files and metadata related to an assignment for an online health information systems course. The assignment involves critically reflecting on readings from the course textbook and applying the concepts to a healthcare setting. Students are asked to write a paper summarizing their understanding of the readings, analyzing how specific topics could be applied, and concluding with thoughts on the impact. The document provides detailed guidelines, learning objectives, and rubrics for evaluating the assignment.
This document discusses various quality improvement principles, methods, and tools. It covers the following key points:
1. Quality improvement requires high intention, effort, direction, and execution. Data should be used to make decisions and assess whether improvements are successful.
2. Common quality improvement methods discussed are Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for proactive risk assessment, Lean thinking to eliminate waste and streamline processes, and the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle for reactive problem solving projects.
3. When selecting a quality improvement project, factors to consider include the problem's significance, size, repetition, potential impact, and urgency. The document provides an example project selection table.
The document discusses various management techniques that can be used to improve healthcare delivery and lower costs. These include PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle, Six Sigma, balanced scorecard, Lean methodology, business process reengineering, and benchmarking. Case studies are provided that demonstrate how these techniques were used to reduce prolonged hospital stays, delays in lab and ultrasound reports, and surgical infections.
In 750-1,000 words, develop an evaluation plan to be included in yLizbethQuinonez813
In 750-1,000 words, develop an evaluation plan to be included in your final evidence-based practice project proposal. You will use the evaluation plan in the Topic 8 assignment, during which you will synthesize the various aspects of your project into a final paper detailing your evidence-based practice project proposal.
Provide the following criteria in the evaluation, making sure it is comprehensive and concise:
Discuss the expected outcomes for your evidence-based practice project proposal.
Review the various data collection tools associated with your selected research design and select one data collection tool that would be effective for your research design. Explain how this tool is valid, reliable, and applicable.
Select a statistical test for your project and explain why it is best suited for the tool you choose.
Describe what methods you will apply to your data collection tool and how the outcomes will be measured and evaluated based on the tool you selected.
Propose strategies that will be taken if outcomes do not provide positive or expected results.
Describe the plans to maintain, extend, revise, and discontinue a proposed solution after implementation.
Refer to the "Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal – Assignment Overview" document for an overview of the evidence-based practice project proposal assignments.
You are required to cite a minimum of five peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Complete the "APA Writing Checklist" to ensure that your paper adheres to APA style and formatting criteria and general guidelines for academic writing. Include the completed checklist as an appendix at the end of your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Rubric
Expected outcomes for the evidence-based practice project proposal are discussed. Thorough explanations and strong supporting research are provided.
A data collection tool is selected and a well-supported explanation for why the tool is valid, reliable, and applicable and would be effective for the research design is presented.
A statistical test is selected, and a well-supported explanation for why the test is best suited for the tool is clearly presented.
Methods that will be applied to the data collection are thoroughly discussed. A discussion of how the outcomes will be measured and evaluated based on the tool selected are presented.
Clear and well-supported strategies for nonpositive outcomes are presented.
Detailed and well-supported plans to maintain, extend, revise, and discontinue a proposed solution after implementation are presented.
Thesis is clear and forecasts the development of the paper. The ...
The document discusses best practices for healthcare project management. It outlines a typical project management plan consisting of four phases (P0-P3): project initiation, project planning, project execution, and project closure. Each phase has key tasks and mandatory/recommended documentation. Challenges are analyzed for each phase regarding technology, organization, timing and finances. Change management and six sigma approaches are also summarized. The overall goal is to ensure project success by meeting objectives, timelines and budgets through professional planning and management.
Curtis HillHA3110D - Quality Improvement and Risk ManagementLP.docxdorishigh
Curtis Hill
HA3110D - Quality Improvement and Risk Management
LP03.2 Assignment Self-Improvement Project
Self-improvement Project Worksheet
HA3110
Healthcare Quality Improvement & Risk Management
1. Perhaps the most widely used improvement model is the PDSA model which is what you will use for your self-improvement project in this course.
2. You have the autonomy to choose your project from this list:
a. accepting criticism
b. budgeting (personal or family)
c. communication skills
d. healthy Lifestyle (includes weight loss, diet and exercise)
e. smoking cessation
f. stress reduction
g. stress related to time management
h. time management.
3. Due to time constraints and the scope of this course, your measures and resulting data display has been done for you.
Use this form for your work: Just click in the box and type, although with extensive dialogue, the format might change, but it will not affect the content of the document.
1. What is it you want to improve: (Also referred to as your Aim Statement)
(
Smoking cessation.
)
(
Full smoking cessation
) (
By
t
KLH
he
end of the year.
)
2. How much: 3. By when:
3. (
Plan
)By completing the above, you have described how you will know if the changes create
an improvement.
4. (
I will use a 7 weeks
likert
survey and a line graph.
)What Likert Survey and run chart will you use?
Complete to here for LP3.2 Drop Box: Project Topic
This is where you continue your planning stage (perhaps the most important phase of the PDSA cycle). Find evidence-based information on best practice related to your topic. Remember, in quality improvement it is not always up to you to reinvent the wheel. What works for others and supported by studies and research should work for you. (However, always give them credit when credit is due). Although you will be using the Likert survey, you are required to provide the “theory” behind you work.
In your update for Week 4, provide a review of how you have implemented the Plan stage of the PDSA Improvement Model (250-350 words). Copy any paste your response to the LP4.2 drop box.
(
The first step of
quiting
smoking is having a reason why one really wants to
quit .There
are a number of reasons of wanting to quit smoking which include:
Improving health-this is mostly the main
reason.In
some
cases,quiting
smoking because of health issues comes from the doctor’s advice but most times it is a self
madedecision.oking
increases once risk of throat
cancer,lungcancer,heartdisease,emphysema
gumdisease,ulcers
and high blood
pressure.In
some instances the victim just wants to feel healthier by avoiding smoke caused
coughing,sore
throats and poor athletic ability thus the urge to quit.
Better looks-smoking can result to stained
teeth,dull
skin and wrinkles
therefore an urge to quit.
)
(
Plan
)
In the ideal situation, you would begin the DO stage by testing on a small scale.
Here you wi.
Annual ed performance improvement.4 2010capstonerx
This document discusses performance improvement in healthcare. It outlines how opportunities for improvement are identified through patient satisfaction surveys, staff input, chart reviews, and other means. Priorities are set annually and focus on clinical care quality, patient/employee satisfaction, and financial performance. The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle is used to test changes. Staff are encouraged to submit improvement ideas. Performance improvement differs from research in that the former aims to improve local processes while research seeks generalizable knowledge. Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections is provided as an example project using the PDCA framework.
The document discusses Lean Six Sigma and how it applies in healthcare. It provides an overview of Lean Six Sigma, including definitions of Lean and Six Sigma. It then gives examples of Lean Six Sigma projects at St. Elizabeth Regional Health, such as reducing door-to-balloon time for heart attack patients and improving operating room turnover times. The presentation aims to show how Lean Six Sigma principles can help healthcare organizations improve quality, safety, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
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This is a study case in all the photos
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Perfect Match TEAM APPLIES n January 2008, the University of Toledo Medical Center
(UTMC) in northwest Ohio collaborated with the University of Toledo's Industrial SIX SIGMA
TO Engineering Department to analyze and improve the preoperational processes for patients
undergoing kidney transplants. Six Sigma was applied to the REDUCE TIME project, and the
following goals were established: IT TAKES TO - Optimize cycle times. QUALIFY PATIENTS
- Enhance customer satisfaction. - Improve efficiencies. FOR KIDNEY - Reduce costs.
TRANSPLANTS - Streamline administrative processes. - Eliminate errors. - Improve protocol
execution and effectiveness. The project's primary metric was the number of days required from
the date a patient was referred to UTMC for a kidney transplant to the date the hospital staff
declared the patient a suitable transplant candidate. The research By Matthew was needed and
the project selected because of an increase in the number of Franchetti and year because of the
increased service area for UTMC. Because of a waiting list of nearly 500 patients, it was
determined a reduced cycle time would save lives. Kyle Bedal, Background and terminology
University of For more than 30 years, UTMC has performed adult and pediatric kidney Toledo
transplants as one of the treatment options for end-stage renal disease. Since UTMC's first
kidney transplant operation in 1972, more than 1,500 kidney transplant operations have been
performed there, with an average patient survival rate of 98% and a graft survival rate of 94%.
The program relies on advanced surgical techniques-including laparoscopic kidney donation,
improved anti-rejection medications and high-quality patient care-to make it one of the most
successful programs in the country. There are a number of steps patients must complete before
receiving a kidney transplant. Generally, the patient must be referred to a medical center and
complete required labs and tests to determine if he or she is suitable. The labs and tests are
usually similar among all transplant centers and among patients. The labs include tuberculosis
(TB) tests, dental clearance, a colonoscopy, chest X-rays, electrocardiography tests, stool
samples, blood work, mammograms, pap smears and diabetes tests. Once the patient fulfills the
requirements, a committee reviews the results and determines whether the patient is a good
candidate. The patient is then allowed to receive a kidney; this is called being "listed," or placed
on the waiting list.
Fil TB EK Often, the time required to complete these health Partnering With Your Transplant
Team, The Patient's Guide screenings is up to nine months. In addition, another to
Transplantation. 2 two years may pass after the patient is listed before a The team deployed the
define, measure, analyze, kidney transplant is performed. improve and control (DMAIC)
approach for this Six It is.
Planning clinical supplies has become more complex due to increased trial numbers, reduced timelines, recruitment challenges, and globalization. Forecasting and simulation tools help sponsors determine initial supply needs, optimize supply chain strategies, and ensure supplies remain sufficient. An interactive response technology system automates supply management and provides real-time data to forecasting dashboards. These dashboards allow exploring scenarios to prevent issues like stockouts and optimize efficiency. Regularly checking forecasts enables proactive management of clinical supplies.
Certified Specialist Business Intelligence (.docxdurantheseldine
Certified Specialist Business
Intelligence (CSBI) Reflection
Part 5 of 6
CSBI Course 5: Business Intelligence and Analytical and Quantitative Skills
● Thinking about the Basics
● The Basic Elements of Experimental Design
● Sampling
● Common Mistakes in Analysis
● Opportunities and Problems to Solve
● The Low Severity Level ED (SL5P) Case Setup as an Example of BI Work
● Meaningful Analytic Structures
Analysis and Statistics
A key aspect of the work of the BI/Analytics consultant is analysis. Analysis can be defined as
how the data is turned into information. Information is the outcome when the data is analyzed
correctly.
Rigorous analysis is having the best chance of creating the sharpest picture of what the data
might reveal and is the product of proper application of statistics and experimental design.
Statistics encompasses a complex and detailed series of disciplines. Statistical concepts are
foundational to all descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytic applications. However, the
application of simple descriptive statistical calculations yields a great deal of usable information
for transformational decision-making. The value of the information is amplified when using these
same simple statistics within the context of a well-designed experiment.
This module is not designed to teach one statistic. It is designed to place statistical work within
the appropriate context so that it can be leveraged most effectively in driving organizational
performance..
An important review of the basic knowledge for work with descriptive and inferential statistics.
The Basic Elements of Experimental Design
Analytic tools also can provide an enhanced ability to conduct experiments. More than just
allowing analysis of output of activities or processes, experiments can be performed on
processes and the output of processes. Experimenting on processes is a movement beyond
the traditional r.
The document outlines the key components and structure that should be followed when writing a clinical audit report. It provides examples of templates that divide the report into sections including: introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusions, recommendations, and quality improvement plan. The report aims to be clear, concise, and follow a logical progression by using plain English and structured formatting like IMRAD. Visual aids like tables and graphs should be used where possible to clearly present results.
Quality tools, data collection and indicatorsAlaa Elbaraa
1) The document discusses quality tools, data collection, and indicators for healthcare quality improvement. It defines key quality concepts like appropriateness, efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency.
2) Quality improvement methodologies like the Juran Trilogy, PDCA cycle, and tools for teams, process analysis, planning, problem solving, and data collection are explained.
3) The importance of measuring performance through indicators is emphasized to monitor processes, compare performance over time and against others, and identify areas for improvement. Structure, process, and outcome indicators are described.
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Project: Designing a Database using MS Access
Description: Working in a team of two members, you have to design a Database for an organization.
The project will be completed and submitted incrementally. You will have to submit the project in three phases. Every increment submission will be accompanied by a presentation of completed work.
In the first phase you need to work on the following: (30 points)
1. Determine the purpose of your database
2. Design the DFD (Data Flow Diagram) for your system. Recommended tool to design DFD is MS Visio or Visual Paradigm but it is not required.
3. Design the ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram)
In the second phase you need to work on the following: (40 points)
1. Find and organize the information required
2. Divide your information items into major entities or subjects, such as Products or Orders. Each subject then becomes a table.
3. Decide what information you want to store in each table. Each item becomes a field, and is displayed as a column in the table. For example, an Employees table might include fields such as Last Name and Hire Date.
4. Choose each table’s primary key. The primary key is a column that is used to uniquely identify each row. An example might be Product ID or Order ID.
In the third & final phase you need to the following: (30 points)
1. Apply the data normalization rules to see if your tables are structured correctly. Make adjustments to the tables, as needed.
2. Write SQL (Structured Query language) to retrieve the data
Briefly described your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change.
SLIDE 3
Described the current problem or opportunity for change. The circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general was described.
Proposed an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an evidence-based practice approach to decision making.
SLIDE 5
• Described your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
SLIDE 6
Described the measurable outcomes.
RECOMMENDING AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE CHANGE
student’s name
instructor
course
date
Organizational Culture And Readiness For Change
The first assessment will help to determine the ability of the current organization to accept change to the nursing practice
Prior assessment of the organization’s challenges to change embracement is key to provide solutions to health care problems in the society
According to the Organization Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), the staff responses indicate the willingness of the organization to change
Current Problem Or Opportunity For Change
The need for change is to reduce falls
The main barrier to this facility is lack of sufficient knowledge about evidence-based practice implementation
Patients with falls require a long duration of hospital stay ...
The document provides directions for a nursing assignment involving developing an evidence-based quality improvement campaign. Students will select a safe nursing process, research best practices, and develop a poster and worksheet presenting their campaign. The worksheet requires outlining a PDSA cycle to test a change to improve compliance. An example worksheet is included showing a "Clip, Don't Nick" initiative to switch from shaving to clipping surgical sites based on infection risk evidence. The poster must address the problem scope, safety link, evidence source, and plan. The assignment is due by a specified date and will be graded based on a rubric.
Creating a culture of continuous improvement requires having an AIM or knowing exactly what the organization is striving for.
This means the entire organization should understand the concept of excellence and continually look for ways to do things better and more efficiently, resulting in higher levels of effectiveness.
When everyone understands the aim of excellence, there’s a synergy to achieve that objective. Excellence doesn’t just happen; it’s intentional!
To achieve excellence, you need a systematic approach to improvement initiatives that result in positive change for the organization.
This document provides an overview of the logical framework approach for project planning and management. It describes the key elements of a logical framework including goals, objectives, outputs, inputs/activities, indicators, and assumptions. It outlines the phases and 8 steps to develop a logical framework matrix including defining the goal and objectives, identifying outputs and activities, and specifying indicators, means of verification, and assumptions. The advantages of the logical framework are that it helps design comprehensive and feasible plans, provides a structure for monitoring and evaluation, and reduces project management time and effort.
Physician schedule optimization model - Endeavor AnalyticsEndeavor Management
How can you meet organizational revenue needs while addressing physician preferences? In this presentation, we review our approach to creating an physician schedule optimization model that assembles and predicts the impact of schedule changes on patient revenue against a series of constraints and variables.
It's like a dating site to match physicians and consumers.
This document outlines the agenda and content for a clinical audit workshop. The workshop covers the principles of clinical audit including defining clinical audit, designing an audit, collecting and analyzing data, developing action plans for change, and re-auditing. Participants will learn about the clinical audit cycle and process through presentations, group exercises, and discussion. The goal is for participants to understand clinical audit and have basic skills to design and conduct their own clinical audits.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
Name
Institution
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
After reading the article by Patel (2017), there is much insight worth sharing. The author gives emphasis to the fact that successful entrepreneurs attribute their journey to nothing, but character. One vital character is being creative. Creativity comes with thinking outside the norms and developing a new idea (Patel, 2017). I personally believe there is always room for improvement in already existing products and services, being able to develop ideas and optimize them to create employments and profits makes an individual a successful entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs should be passionate of their ideas. With an idea, an entrepreneur will need to research more, come up with efficient and effective selling preposition, and also be able to pitch their ideas to investors (Patel, 2017). This I believe is only successful when they are passionate of the change they are bringing. Entrepreneurs must be passionate when pitching to the investors to convince them makes funding decisions; this also boosts their confidence in evaluation of the business plan, product, company and recruitment of their team. They should also be persuasive, this will in turn enable them to easily convince customers to buy their products, investors to invest in their businesses and also create a strong network of connections that will lead to the growth of the business.
Optimism is one of the most essential characteristics of entrepreneurs. It leads the idea bearer to new experiences, ideas and new possibilities. Due to this an entrepreneur is able to come up with various mitigating factors and also plan on the unforeseen circumstances (Patel, 2017). It also helps in considering new options and change of businesses and lives for the better. In the current fast-paced and increasingly technological world, it is important for entrepreneurs to ensure that they are more flexible in every area of their business, from their business ideas to employment policies and network management to be able to survive. (Patel, 2017) defines flexibility in business as the different ways of finding something that works more efficiently and effectively than what already exists to ensure the company remains profitable.
References
Patel, S. (2017, September 2nd ). 10 essential characteristics of highly successful entrepreneurs. Inc. Real Talk. Retrieved from https://www.inc.com/sujan-patel/10-essential-characteristics-of-highly-successful-.html
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Improving services, leading change – implementing change in rapid cyclesNHS England
This document discusses using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) approach for quality improvement. It provides an overview of the model for improvement and the PDSA cycle. An example is given of using PDSA cycles to test reducing the number of clinical documents GPs must review each day. Teams participated in an exercise to test spinning coins for as long as possible, recording their tests on PDSA tracker forms to build knowledge through small-scale testing. Key benefits of the PDSA approach include rapidly building knowledge through intentional testing of changes and measuring results.
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Banyan State University Medical Clinic
Banyon State University (BSU) operates a walk-in medical clinic to meet the acute medical needs of its 13,000 students, 1,200 faculty and staff members, and covered relatives. The clinic is staffed by one doctor and one nurse and operates 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. The doctor and nurse do not take a lunch break, but rather use gaps between patient arrivals to eat lunch and take other short breaks. Because patients often do not arrive right when the clinic opens and because they must visit with a nurse before seeing the doctor, the doctor’s official start time is 45 minutes after the clinic opens. Patients arriving at the clinic are served on a first-come first-served basis.
As part of a new total quality management (TQM) initiative, BSU conducted an in-depth 40month study of its current operations. A key component of the study was a survey, distributed to all students, faculty, and staff. The purpose of the study was to identify and prioritize areas most in need of improvement. An impressive 44% of the surveys were returned and deemed usable. Follow-up analysis indicated that the respondents to the survey were representative of the population served by the clinic. After the results were tabulated, it was determined that the walk-in medical clinic was located at the bottom of the rankings, indicating a great deal of dissatisfaction with the clinic.
Preliminary analysis of the respondents’ comments indicated that people were reasonably satisfied with the treatment they received at the clinic but were very dissatisfied with the amount of time they had to wait to see a care giver. To gain additional insight into the problem, a team of students was asked to study the problem as part of a course project. In addition to determining the general issues, they were asked to determine the desirability of a new, computerized patient record system (CPRS) to aid in reducing waiting times. The student team initially collected data on the pattern of arrivals at the clinic and the various services times (discussed in more detail later). The team determined that on a typical day, inter-arrival times were uniformly distributed between 6 and 20 minutes. After arriving at the clinic, patients complete a form that requests background information and the reason for the visit. The staff collects these forms and retrieve the patients’ records from the basement. The team determined that the time to retrieve patient records follows a normal distribution with a mean of 4 minutes and a standard deviation of 0.75 minute. Retrieved patient records are placed in a pile from the clinic’s nurse in the order that the patients arrived at the clinic.
When the nurse finishes with the current patient, the file of the next patient is selected and the patient is directed to the nurse’s station. Here the nurse further documents the problem and takes some standard measurements such as temperature and blood pressure. ...
Kata skill @ novice: 5 Common Themes of Novice SkillBeth Carrington
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 7
Quality Improvement Project
Jerome Phillips
Kaplan University
HS460
Professor Sexton-Tosh
September 22, 2017
The topic on continuous quality improvement for my final project that I selected is Patient Administration. There are many health care sectors that are involved with patient administration.
Some of those heath care sectors consist of:
1. Hospital Management Firms
2. Health Maintenance Organizations
3. Health Information Technology
4. Long Term Care Facilities
5. Public Health
6. Healthcare Network
While CQI implementation is slowing down in some health care sectors after the impact of early adopters may have worn off, other sectors of health care, such as public health (see Chapter 16) and nursing (see Chapter 17), are embracing and expanding CQI concepts and methods. (Sollecito 70)
There are many disciplines involved with patient administration.
1. Public Health
2. Physical Therapy
3. Pharmacy
4. Nursing
This process is real. Patient Administration is an area that Continuous Quality Improvement can make a difference in how patient’s view the healthcare they receive. Healthcare will always be needed, because not many are willing to try the alternative of not getting healthcare.
References:
Sollecito, William A. McLaughlin and Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement In Health Care, 4th Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 20110929. VitalBook file.
As an individual, you have our own wants needs and desires you want to pursue and achieve. Even though you are an individual, you are simultaneously also part of a larger society. Being part of a larger society includes the understanding that our society also has needs it must achieve and maintain if it is going to operate in an orderly manner that is beneficial to the greatest majority of society.
For this assignment, you will write a 1-2 page essay that identifies the key social issues contributing to the need for Criminal Justice practitioners. In your paper, identify and define three key social issues. Also, discuss how the issues impact your role as a criminal justice professional. Provide 2-3 illustrative examples to support your position.
Format your paper with an introductory paragraph, an explanation of the three key social issues, and then a concluding paragraph.
View the Unit 2 Assignment Checklist
NOTE: This assignment will require outside research (at least two outside resources). You may consult the Kaplan Online Library, the internet, the textbook and other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task.
Keep in mind that college students are expected to have strong writing skills, and you should put forth your best writing effort for this assignment. You may not be at a point where you have strong writing skills, but you will have every opportunity to develop them as you continue through your program of study. Be sure to use the resources available to you t ...
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On April 18, 2016, The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari (refused to review the lower court’s ruling) in the case of Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015.
Tell me what you would do if you were the Supreme Court.
That case let stand the ruling of the Court of Appeals, which can be found at the following website:
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2220742578695593916&q=Authors+Guild+v.+Google+Inc&hl=en&as_sdt=4000006
Please write a 500-word summary of fair use as this court decision says it.
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Plan
What is your plan for evaluation of the strategies using performance improvement data and tracers? What tracers will you use? Include necessary detail to deliver key points and requirements, such as specific data collection methods, timeframes for evaluation, and intended re-evaluation.
Tracer method is a unique technique used by the healthcare organizations, to obtain a real time picture of quality performance from point of entry to discharge. A key part of The Joint Commission’s on-site survey process is the tracer methodology (The Joint Commission, 2017).. Some traditional tracer tools can be used for quality and safety improvement. The focus of these tools is on ….. and the plan for the evaluation of this initiative for fall prevention will use tracers in the following manner….
OR
To evaluate the identified measure is the 30 day readmission rate for patients, data twill be racked by system tracers which will be completed monthly by the Assistant Director of Nursing.
Plan Evaluation
How effective and sustainable is your plan? In other words, evaluate the effectiveness and the ease of use, timeliness, and efficiency of your plan for the progress and success of your initiative.
The plan to prevent falls is effective and sustainable with the involvement and collaboration of all team members by implementing the following strategies… The initiative will be evaluated by the following methods, post implementation…….
OR
Every three months this data will be compiled and analyzed to determine what actions were effective and ineffective. The complete study will take place over a one year period with the desired result of an 15% or below hospital readmission rate.
Use of Tracers
Individual tracers make the most sense to utilize for this proposal because these tracers are designed to “trace” the care experiences that a patient had during hospitalization. For example: in case of fall prevention, these tracers help to track the patient’s experience regarding safety, satisfaction of personal needs, hygiene, compliance of staff during care….. System tracers can be utilized as well, for example….
OR
System tracers provide information by tracking where in an organizational process breakdowns occur or exist and are a valuable tool in identifying where changes needs to occur. ...
This document discusses criterion audits and provides guidance on conducting an audit using the NHS Education for Scotland Pharmacy Directorate criterion audit proforma. It defines what a criterion audit is and explains the eight parts of the audit process: choosing a topic, setting criteria and standards, planning, collecting initial data, implementing changes, collecting second data set, analyzing results, and drawing conclusions. Conducting regular criterion audits can improve patient care, support learning and development, and demonstrate commitment to quality assurance. The peer review process provides feedback to further strengthen audit quality and educational impact.
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Discussion - Week 3
Elements of the Craft of Writing
The narrator's point of view is the reader's window into the soul of your story. Combined with the tone of voice, characterization, and dialogue, these elements of the craft of writing give your story believability and interest. How can you combine the elements of the craft with the elements of the short story and the techniques of development you learned about in Weeks 1 and 2? In this Discussion, you will understand point of view, tone of voice, characterization, and dialogue and examine how other writers use these elements of craft to improve their work.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the assigned portions of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 7 in Shaping the Story.
Review "Revelation" by Flannery O’Connor, "Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros, and "Why I Like Country Music" by James Alan McPherson in Shaping the Story.
Reflect on the voice in the assigned stories.
How would you describe the voice in each short story?
How do these voices demonstrate what the authors are saying about the main issues of each story?
Reflect on the similarities and differences in the ways that the authors use dialogue to establish character presence.
Consider the issues that each story discusses. How do these issues shape the characters and affect the light in which they are seen at the beginning and the end of the story?
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 3
: 2 to 3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting different approaches to two of the following elements in two of the three stories in the Week 3 reading.. Be sure to cite at least two specific examples from your readings.
Point of View
Tone of Voice
Characterization
Dialogue
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week's Learning Resources, or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
Read
a selection of your colleagues' postings.
Respond by Day 5
to at least one of your colleagues' postings in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question.
Share an insight from having read your colleague's posting.
Offer and support an opinion.
Validate an idea with your own experience.
Make a suggestion.
Expand on your colleague's posting.
Return
to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
REPLY
QUOTE
18 days ago
Chad Husted
WALDEN INSTRUCTOR
MANAGER
Tips for the week 3 discussion (read before you post)
COLLAPSE
Great job so far, class! I've really enjoyed your first two weeks of discussion posts.
Now we will shift our focus to even more tools we can use in our own stories, but first, we will see how they play out in the work of others.
Make sure you do all the readings for the week before posting anything, and also, go through and ask yourselves all the questions (above) from the
"to prepare for the discussion"
section of the instructions. I.
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Discussion - Microbial Classification
Give names of bacteria in the genus enterobacteriaceae. How would differentiate enterobacteriaceae from other gram (-) bacteria?
Read the selected scriptures and in your response to the prompt discuss how at least one of the scriptures relates to the discussion topic.
Matthew 8:2-3
"A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.' Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. 'I am willing,' he said. 'Be clean!' Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy."
Mark 16:17-18
"'And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.'”
Respiratory System Disease
Pneumonia is diagnosed by the presence of fluid (dark shadows in an X ray) in the alveoli. Since pneumonia usually is caused by a microorganism, what causes the fluid accumulation? Name a bacterium, a virus, a fungus, a protozoan, and a helminth that can cause pneumonia.
Students will individually examine why pneumonia –an infection of the respiratory tract is among the most damaging. Students are also required to use the information they have learnt from the text, lectures, discussions and/or assignments to describe why the respiratory tract is an important portal of entry to inhaled microorganisms such as viruses, fungal spores and bacteria.
Learners will synthesize their findings in a summary presentation of
at least 10 slides
that will be shared with their peers by the specified due date, when they will then
compare and contrast
the feedback from their research in this discussion forum. Learners will be evaluated against the criteria outlined in the assignment and discussion forum rubric.
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RECOMMENDING AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE CHANGE
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course
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Institution
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
After reading the article by Patel (2017), there is much insight worth sharing. The author gives emphasis to the fact that successful entrepreneurs attribute their journey to nothing, but character. One vital character is being creative. Creativity comes with thinking outside the norms and developing a new idea (Patel, 2017). I personally believe there is always room for improvement in already existing products and services, being able to develop ideas and optimize them to create employments and profits makes an individual a successful entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs should be passionate of their ideas. With an idea, an entrepreneur will need to research more, come up with efficient and effective selling preposition, and also be able to pitch their ideas to investors (Patel, 2017). This I believe is only successful when they are passionate of the change they are bringing. Entrepreneurs must be passionate when pitching to the investors to convince them makes funding decisions; this also boosts their confidence in evaluation of the business plan, product, company and recruitment of their team. They should also be persuasive, this will in turn enable them to easily convince customers to buy their products, investors to invest in their businesses and also create a strong network of connections that will lead to the growth of the business.
Optimism is one of the most essential characteristics of entrepreneurs. It leads the idea bearer to new experiences, ideas and new possibilities. Due to this an entrepreneur is able to come up with various mitigating factors and also plan on the unforeseen circumstances (Patel, 2017). It also helps in considering new options and change of businesses and lives for the better. In the current fast-paced and increasingly technological world, it is important for entrepreneurs to ensure that they are more flexible in every area of their business, from their business ideas to employment policies and network management to be able to survive. (Patel, 2017) defines flexibility in business as the different ways of finding something that works more efficiently and effectively than what already exists to ensure the company remains profitable.
References
Patel, S. (2017, September 2nd ). 10 essential characteristics of highly successful entrepreneurs. Inc. Real Talk. Retrieved from https://www.inc.com/sujan-patel/10-essential-characteristics-of-highly-successful-.html
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Improving services, leading change – implementing change in rapid cyclesNHS England
This document discusses using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) approach for quality improvement. It provides an overview of the model for improvement and the PDSA cycle. An example is given of using PDSA cycles to test reducing the number of clinical documents GPs must review each day. Teams participated in an exercise to test spinning coins for as long as possible, recording their tests on PDSA tracker forms to build knowledge through small-scale testing. Key benefits of the PDSA approach include rapidly building knowledge through intentional testing of changes and measuring results.
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Banyan State University Medical Clinic
Banyon State University (BSU) operates a walk-in medical clinic to meet the acute medical needs of its 13,000 students, 1,200 faculty and staff members, and covered relatives. The clinic is staffed by one doctor and one nurse and operates 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. The doctor and nurse do not take a lunch break, but rather use gaps between patient arrivals to eat lunch and take other short breaks. Because patients often do not arrive right when the clinic opens and because they must visit with a nurse before seeing the doctor, the doctor’s official start time is 45 minutes after the clinic opens. Patients arriving at the clinic are served on a first-come first-served basis.
As part of a new total quality management (TQM) initiative, BSU conducted an in-depth 40month study of its current operations. A key component of the study was a survey, distributed to all students, faculty, and staff. The purpose of the study was to identify and prioritize areas most in need of improvement. An impressive 44% of the surveys were returned and deemed usable. Follow-up analysis indicated that the respondents to the survey were representative of the population served by the clinic. After the results were tabulated, it was determined that the walk-in medical clinic was located at the bottom of the rankings, indicating a great deal of dissatisfaction with the clinic.
Preliminary analysis of the respondents’ comments indicated that people were reasonably satisfied with the treatment they received at the clinic but were very dissatisfied with the amount of time they had to wait to see a care giver. To gain additional insight into the problem, a team of students was asked to study the problem as part of a course project. In addition to determining the general issues, they were asked to determine the desirability of a new, computerized patient record system (CPRS) to aid in reducing waiting times. The student team initially collected data on the pattern of arrivals at the clinic and the various services times (discussed in more detail later). The team determined that on a typical day, inter-arrival times were uniformly distributed between 6 and 20 minutes. After arriving at the clinic, patients complete a form that requests background information and the reason for the visit. The staff collects these forms and retrieve the patients’ records from the basement. The team determined that the time to retrieve patient records follows a normal distribution with a mean of 4 minutes and a standard deviation of 0.75 minute. Retrieved patient records are placed in a pile from the clinic’s nurse in the order that the patients arrived at the clinic.
When the nurse finishes with the current patient, the file of the next patient is selected and the patient is directed to the nurse’s station. Here the nurse further documents the problem and takes some standard measurements such as temperature and blood pressure. ...
Kata skill @ novice: 5 Common Themes of Novice SkillBeth Carrington
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Running Head: Quality Improvement Project 1
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 7
Quality Improvement Project
Jerome Phillips
Kaplan University
HS460
Professor Sexton-Tosh
September 22, 2017
The topic on continuous quality improvement for my final project that I selected is Patient Administration. There are many health care sectors that are involved with patient administration.
Some of those heath care sectors consist of:
1. Hospital Management Firms
2. Health Maintenance Organizations
3. Health Information Technology
4. Long Term Care Facilities
5. Public Health
6. Healthcare Network
While CQI implementation is slowing down in some health care sectors after the impact of early adopters may have worn off, other sectors of health care, such as public health (see Chapter 16) and nursing (see Chapter 17), are embracing and expanding CQI concepts and methods. (Sollecito 70)
There are many disciplines involved with patient administration.
1. Public Health
2. Physical Therapy
3. Pharmacy
4. Nursing
This process is real. Patient Administration is an area that Continuous Quality Improvement can make a difference in how patient’s view the healthcare they receive. Healthcare will always be needed, because not many are willing to try the alternative of not getting healthcare.
References:
Sollecito, William A. McLaughlin and Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement In Health Care, 4th Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 20110929. VitalBook file.
As an individual, you have our own wants needs and desires you want to pursue and achieve. Even though you are an individual, you are simultaneously also part of a larger society. Being part of a larger society includes the understanding that our society also has needs it must achieve and maintain if it is going to operate in an orderly manner that is beneficial to the greatest majority of society.
For this assignment, you will write a 1-2 page essay that identifies the key social issues contributing to the need for Criminal Justice practitioners. In your paper, identify and define three key social issues. Also, discuss how the issues impact your role as a criminal justice professional. Provide 2-3 illustrative examples to support your position.
Format your paper with an introductory paragraph, an explanation of the three key social issues, and then a concluding paragraph.
View the Unit 2 Assignment Checklist
NOTE: This assignment will require outside research (at least two outside resources). You may consult the Kaplan Online Library, the internet, the textbook and other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task.
Keep in mind that college students are expected to have strong writing skills, and you should put forth your best writing effort for this assignment. You may not be at a point where you have strong writing skills, but you will have every opportunity to develop them as you continue through your program of study. Be sure to use the resources available to you t ...
On April 18, 2016, The United States Supreme Court denied a petiti.docxvannagoforth
On April 18, 2016, The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari (refused to review the lower court’s ruling) in the case of Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015.
Tell me what you would do if you were the Supreme Court.
That case let stand the ruling of the Court of Appeals, which can be found at the following website:
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2220742578695593916&q=Authors+Guild+v.+Google+Inc&hl=en&as_sdt=4000006
Please write a 500-word summary of fair use as this court decision says it.
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SHORTENED TITLE GOES HERE (IN CAPS) 2
Plan
What is your plan for evaluation of the strategies using performance improvement data and tracers? What tracers will you use? Include necessary detail to deliver key points and requirements, such as specific data collection methods, timeframes for evaluation, and intended re-evaluation.
Tracer method is a unique technique used by the healthcare organizations, to obtain a real time picture of quality performance from point of entry to discharge. A key part of The Joint Commission’s on-site survey process is the tracer methodology (The Joint Commission, 2017).. Some traditional tracer tools can be used for quality and safety improvement. The focus of these tools is on ….. and the plan for the evaluation of this initiative for fall prevention will use tracers in the following manner….
OR
To evaluate the identified measure is the 30 day readmission rate for patients, data twill be racked by system tracers which will be completed monthly by the Assistant Director of Nursing.
Plan Evaluation
How effective and sustainable is your plan? In other words, evaluate the effectiveness and the ease of use, timeliness, and efficiency of your plan for the progress and success of your initiative.
The plan to prevent falls is effective and sustainable with the involvement and collaboration of all team members by implementing the following strategies… The initiative will be evaluated by the following methods, post implementation…….
OR
Every three months this data will be compiled and analyzed to determine what actions were effective and ineffective. The complete study will take place over a one year period with the desired result of an 15% or below hospital readmission rate.
Use of Tracers
Individual tracers make the most sense to utilize for this proposal because these tracers are designed to “trace” the care experiences that a patient had during hospitalization. For example: in case of fall prevention, these tracers help to track the patient’s experience regarding safety, satisfaction of personal needs, hygiene, compliance of staff during care….. System tracers can be utilized as well, for example….
OR
System tracers provide information by tracking where in an organizational process breakdowns occur or exist and are a valuable tool in identifying where changes needs to occur. ...
This document discusses criterion audits and provides guidance on conducting an audit using the NHS Education for Scotland Pharmacy Directorate criterion audit proforma. It defines what a criterion audit is and explains the eight parts of the audit process: choosing a topic, setting criteria and standards, planning, collecting initial data, implementing changes, collecting second data set, analyzing results, and drawing conclusions. Conducting regular criterion audits can improve patient care, support learning and development, and demonstrate commitment to quality assurance. The peer review process provides feedback to further strengthen audit quality and educational impact.
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Discussion - Week 3
Elements of the Craft of Writing
The narrator's point of view is the reader's window into the soul of your story. Combined with the tone of voice, characterization, and dialogue, these elements of the craft of writing give your story believability and interest. How can you combine the elements of the craft with the elements of the short story and the techniques of development you learned about in Weeks 1 and 2? In this Discussion, you will understand point of view, tone of voice, characterization, and dialogue and examine how other writers use these elements of craft to improve their work.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the assigned portions of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 7 in Shaping the Story.
Review "Revelation" by Flannery O’Connor, "Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros, and "Why I Like Country Music" by James Alan McPherson in Shaping the Story.
Reflect on the voice in the assigned stories.
How would you describe the voice in each short story?
How do these voices demonstrate what the authors are saying about the main issues of each story?
Reflect on the similarities and differences in the ways that the authors use dialogue to establish character presence.
Consider the issues that each story discusses. How do these issues shape the characters and affect the light in which they are seen at the beginning and the end of the story?
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 3
: 2 to 3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting different approaches to two of the following elements in two of the three stories in the Week 3 reading.. Be sure to cite at least two specific examples from your readings.
Point of View
Tone of Voice
Characterization
Dialogue
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week's Learning Resources, or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
Read
a selection of your colleagues' postings.
Respond by Day 5
to at least one of your colleagues' postings in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question.
Share an insight from having read your colleague's posting.
Offer and support an opinion.
Validate an idea with your own experience.
Make a suggestion.
Expand on your colleague's posting.
Return
to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
REPLY
QUOTE
18 days ago
Chad Husted
WALDEN INSTRUCTOR
MANAGER
Tips for the week 3 discussion (read before you post)
COLLAPSE
Great job so far, class! I've really enjoyed your first two weeks of discussion posts.
Now we will shift our focus to even more tools we can use in our own stories, but first, we will see how they play out in the work of others.
Make sure you do all the readings for the week before posting anything, and also, go through and ask yourselves all the questions (above) from the
"to prepare for the discussion"
section of the instructions. I.
Discussion - Microbial ClassificationGive names of bacteria in.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion - Microbial Classification
Give names of bacteria in the genus enterobacteriaceae. How would differentiate enterobacteriaceae from other gram (-) bacteria?
Read the selected scriptures and in your response to the prompt discuss how at least one of the scriptures relates to the discussion topic.
Matthew 8:2-3
"A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.' Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. 'I am willing,' he said. 'Be clean!' Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy."
Mark 16:17-18
"'And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.'”
Respiratory System Disease
Pneumonia is diagnosed by the presence of fluid (dark shadows in an X ray) in the alveoli. Since pneumonia usually is caused by a microorganism, what causes the fluid accumulation? Name a bacterium, a virus, a fungus, a protozoan, and a helminth that can cause pneumonia.
Students will individually examine why pneumonia –an infection of the respiratory tract is among the most damaging. Students are also required to use the information they have learnt from the text, lectures, discussions and/or assignments to describe why the respiratory tract is an important portal of entry to inhaled microorganisms such as viruses, fungal spores and bacteria.
Learners will synthesize their findings in a summary presentation of
at least 10 slides
that will be shared with their peers by the specified due date, when they will then
compare and contrast
the feedback from their research in this discussion forum. Learners will be evaluated against the criteria outlined in the assignment and discussion forum rubric.
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Discussion (Chapter 7) What are the common challenges with which se.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion (Chapter 7): What are the common challenges with which sentiment analysis deals? What are the most popular application areas for sentiment analysis? Why?
Note: Response should be 250-300 words. Make sure to have at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation)
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Discussion - Big Data Visualization toolsSeveral Big Data Visu.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion - Big Data Visualization tools
Several Big Data Visualization tools have been evaluated in this week's paper. While the focus was primarily on R and Python with GUI tools, new tools are being introduced every day. Compare and contrast the use of R vs Python and identify the pros and cons of each.
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Discussion - 1 Pick 2 different department team members and descri.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion - 1 : Pick 2 different department team members and describe why they were chosen and what skill they should bring.
Discussion -2 : What are the most vital functions at your place of work that the BIA will address?
Course Name - Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
No Plagiarism, proper references with APA format
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Discussion (Chapter 7) What are the common challenges with which .docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion
(Chapter 7): What are the common challenges with which sentiment analysis deals? What are the most popular application areas for sentiment analysis? Why?
Questions for Discussions:
1. Explain the relationship among data mining, text mining, and sentiment analysis.
2. In your own words, define text mining, and discuss its most popular applications.
3. What does it mean to induce structure into text-based data? Discuss the alternative ways of inducing structure into them.
4. What is the role of NLP in text mining? Discuss the capabilities and limitations of NLP in the context of text mining.
Exercise:
Go to teradatauniversitynetwork.com and find the case study named “eBay Analytics.” Read the case carefully and extend your understanding of it by searching the Internet for additional information, and answer the case questions.
Internet exercise:
Go to kdnuggets.com. Explore the sections on applications as well as software. Find the names of at least three additional packages for data mining and text mining.
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Discussion (Chapter 7) What are the common challenges with whic.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Sentiment analysis deals with common challenges in determining sentiment from unstructured text. Popular application areas for sentiment analysis include social media, customer reviews, and survey responses due to the large amounts of online opinions and feedback generated. Students are asked to post a 100-300 word response to an online discussion by Wednesday discussing challenges in sentiment analysis and popular application areas.
Discussion (Chapter 6) List and briefly describe the nine-step .docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
The document discusses conducting a neural network project and outlines a nine-step process. Students are asked to engage in an online discussion by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. EST by posting their first response early and interacting frequently with other students' posts.
Discussion (Chapter 5) What is the relationship between Naïve Bayes.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Naive Bayes and Bayesian networks are both probabilistic classifiers but differ in their assumptions of independence between predictor variables. Bayesian networks are more flexible as they can represent dependencies between variables through a directed acyclic graph structure. To develop a Bayesian network model, one identifies variables of interest, determines conditional dependencies between variables, quantifies these dependencies with probabilities, and represents them in a network diagram.
Discussion (Chapter 4) What are the privacy issues with data mini.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion (Chapter 4): What are the privacy issues with data mining? Do you think they are substantiated?
Note:
Your response should be 250-300 words. There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post. Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author's words and continue to use in-text citations.
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Discussion (Chapter 3): Why are the original/raw data not readily usable by analytics tasks? What are the main data preprocessing steps? List and explain their importance in analytics.
Note: Response should be 250-300 words. There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post. Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author's words and continue to use in-text citations
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Discussion (Chapter 5) What is the relationship between Naïve B.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Naive Bayes and Bayesian networks are both probabilistic models but Bayesian networks can represent conditional dependencies between variables while Naive Bayes assumes independence. To develop a Bayesian network model you identify variables, determine dependencies between variables, quantify these dependencies with conditional probabilities, and construct a directed acyclic graph representing the dependencies. Students are asked to post a 100-300 word response to the discussion question by Wednesday and engage with two other classmates' posts.
Discussion (Chapter 10 in the textbook or see the ppt) For ea.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion (Chapter 10 in the textbook / or see the ppt):
For each of the steps in the "Seven Step Forecasting Game Plan" for forecasting, discuss the following:
Who do you suspect is being included in creating each step of the various company forecasts?
Why? Why not? Be specific about the various players and the reasons they might be involved.
Assignment (Chapter 10) (1-2 pages double space):
Objective and Realistic Forecasts. The chapter encourages analysts to develop forecasts that are realistic, objective, and unbiased. Some firms’ managers tend to be optimistic. Some accounting principles tend to be conservative. Describe the different risks and incentives that managers, accountants, and analysts face. Explain how these different risks and incentives lead managers, accountants, and analysts to different biases when predicting uncertain outcomes.
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Discussion (Chapter 1) Compare and contrast predictive analytics wi.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion (Chapter 1): Compare and contrast predictive analytics with prescriptive and descriptive analytics. Use examples.
Response should be 250-300 words and with references
There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post. Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author's words and continue to use in-text citations.
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Discussion (400 words discussion + 150 words student response)Co.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion (400 words discussion + 150 words student response)
Consider the potential conflict between corporate social responsibility and ethics while maximizing share holder wealth. How does exercising Christian principles play a part in running a successful business while operating within state and federal regulations?
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Discussion (150-200 words) Why do you think so much emphasis is pla.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion (150-200 words): Why do you think so much emphasis is placed on cash-flow-based stock evaluations, especially the "free cash flow model"?
Assignment (1-2 pages double space): What is the six step process involved in valuation? List the six steps in sequence, explaining and discussing the importance and relevance of each step.
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discussion (11)explain the concept of information stores as th.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
discussion (11)
explain the concept of information stores as they relate to email. Use the Internet to research how and where email data is stored on different computer
platforms and systems and then report your findings. How is this information pertinent to a forensic investigation. around 250-300 words
with references
discussion 12
Explain how cookies can show that a user has visited a site if that user's history has been deleted. Be specific,
do not merely explain how cookies work. Report on how cookies can be used in a forensic investigation. around 250-300 words, with references
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Discussion #5 How progressive was the Progressive EraThe Progres.docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion #5: How progressive was the Progressive Era?
The Progressive era stands out as a time when reformers sought to address social ills brought about by a rapidly changing society. Debates surrounded issues such as political corruption, the regulation of business practices, racial equality, women's suffrage and the living conditions of impoverished immigrants overcrowded into urban slums.
In order to prepare for this discussion forum:
Review and identify the relevant sections of Chapter 22 that support your discussion.
Read Booker T. Washington's speech The Atlanta Compromise
Read W.E.B. Du Bois The Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement's "Declaration of Principles" by W.E.B.Du Bois
The Women's Suffrage Movement
Excerpt from How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis and the photography of Jacob Riis.
After you have completed your readings post a response to only ONE of the following questions.
Compare and contrast the ideas of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. In your opinion, which of these two men had a better plan? Explain why.
When it came to the issue of suffrage, did all women agree? Explain.
Which social problem was Jacob Riis addressing through his work? How did he communicate the severity of this problem?
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Discussion #4, Continued Work on VygotskyA. Why is it important .docxmecklenburgstrelitzh
Discussion #4, Continued Work on Vygotsky
A. Why is it important as a teacher to understand what children are:
interested in?
thinking about?
attempting to create or problem-solve?
how does this knowledge support further development?
B. Note teaching strategies that enable you to learn about the child or children's thinking:
decriptive language, narration
waiting for the child's or children's language, response
open-ended relevant questions based on the child's perspective
assistance with relevant additional materials
C. Vygotsky's theories of learning are based on adult: child relationships and peer:peer interactions, what is the value in learning and advancing development through:
specific and meaningful grasp of what the child is focused on
opportunity for further experience supported by
Amplification
scaffolding as assistance
through the child's perspective
intentional in the strategies and support to assist children in entering the
Zone of Proximal Development
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Discussion #4: What are the most common metrics that make for analytics-ready data?
Exercise #12: Go to data.gov—a U.S. government–sponsored data portal that has a very large number of data sets on a wide variety of topics ranging from healthcare to education, climate to public safety. Pick a topic that you are most passionate about.
Go through the topic-specific information and explanation provided on the site. Explore the possibilities of downloading the data and use your favorite data visualization tool to create your own meaningful information and visualizations.
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ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...PECB
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His expertise extends across a diverse spectrum of reporting, database, and web development applications, underpinned by an exceptional grasp of data storage and virtualization technologies. His proficiency in application testing, database administration, and data cleansing ensures seamless execution of complex projects.
What sets Denis apart is his comprehensive understanding of Business and Systems Analysis technologies, honed through involvement in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). From meticulous requirements gathering to precise analysis, innovative design, rigorous development, thorough testing, and successful implementation, he has consistently delivered exceptional results.
Throughout his career, he has taken on multifaceted roles, from leading technical project management teams to owning solutions that drive operational excellence. His conscientious and proactive approach is unwavering, whether he is working independently or collaboratively within a team. His ability to connect with colleagues on a personal level underscores his commitment to fostering a harmonious and productive workplace environment.
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Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
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This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
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This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
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1. A Lean Six Sigma Case Study
If you want to prosper for a year, grow rice. If you want to
prosper for a decade, plant trees. If
you want to prosper for a century, grow people -- a wise old
farmer reflecting back on a life
of toil in the soil
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The following Lean Six Sigma case study will reflect a real -life
healthcare problem with
Continuous Improvement and Lean Six Sigma Tools to show
how some of the tools are put into
place in the real world. The object of this project is your
appropriate use of Lean Six Sigma
tools and the data provided. Project completion is required to
pass the course. Project
assignments are assessed on a Complete/Incomplete basis. Each
2. Phase of the DMAIC process in
the Project has an assignment. Assignments must be submitted
to the instructor by the end of the
week corresponding to the DMAIC Phase. The exception is the
week 8 or Control phase
assignment which needs to be submitted early in the last week
of the course to allow grading.
The Instructor will determine if the student has submitted a
Project assignment that is Complete.
If the assignment is Incomplete, there will be interaction
between the Instructor and student until
the assignment is Complete. All project assignments must be
assessed as Complete for the
student to pass the course. An Incomplete project will result in
a Failing grade for the course.
Student Case Study
Case Study:
Process Improvement –
Reduction in Wait Time for
Patients in a Doctor Office
3. Executive Summary
Dr. Deasley is a popular Doctor in Tampa, Florida specializing
in primary care. He spends a great deal of
time with each of his patients, typically, 45 minutes to one (1)
hour. As a result, there are many other
patients waiting in the waiting room who become impatient at
the long wait time. The Doctor has hours
every day except Wednesdays. He has Hospital Clinic on
Wednesdays and does not have office hours.
Dr. Deasley’s office hours are 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM (patients
can be scheduled up until 5:30 PM) on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM (patients can
be scheduled up until 7:30 PM) on
Mondays and Fridays. He does Hospital Rounds from 6:00 AM
to 8:00 AM. He conducts patient call
backs between patients, during his lunch hour and after office
hours. We triage the calls so he gets back
to more seriously sick patients first. However, sometimes he
doesn’t call back non-emergencies until the
next AM. Dr. Deasley is becomes overbooked because he likes
to have 10 patients scheduled per day.
However, due to time constraints he frequently needs to rebook
patients he is unable to see due to time
constraints.
Dr. Deasley’s patients and staff love him for his patience and
attention. But, several long term patients
have left his practice because of this issue. This has resulted in
a decrease in revenue for the office. In
addition, his office is experiencing a rather high rate of staff
turnover. Staff are responsible for booking
4. patients and managing the workflow in the office. When
backlogs occur and patients become annoyed
about wait times, the staff usually experience the brunt of the
patient dissatisfaction, which effects staff
morale. Each time the office hires replacement staff, it takes a
significant amount of time to train new
employees and it is costly to advertise and recruit competent
staff. Dr. Deasley is very concerned about
both his patients and staff.
His Office Manager, Ms. Smith, who recently was employed at
Memorial Hospital of Tampa, participated
in several Continuous Improvement Projects at the hospital. She
is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
As a result, Ms. Smith has suggested a plan to the doctor to
conduct a Lean Six Sigma project with the
objective of Reducing Patient Wait Time and Improving Office
Workflow. Ms. Smith explained the
project improvements and objectives. Dr. Deasley has approved
the project. As an initial step, the Office
Manager has established her team. Each employee has a role in
the project. Based on patient
complaints and the doctor’s requirements, they have some
initial Voice of Customer (VOC). Patients
would like to see the Doctor within 10 minutes of arriving and
spend no more than 30 minutes in the
office total for routine visits. The Doctor would like to see 15
patients per day. These changes need to
be made within 3 months in order to minimize patient
dissatisfaction, stop patients leaving the practice
due to long wait times and rescheduling and improve employee
morale and retention.
5. Define
1. Complete a Project Charter with all of the required
Information
a. Please write the Problem Statement:
b. Please write the Goal Statement utilizing S.M.A.R.T.
objectives (Specific,
Measureable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Bound):
c. What is in Scope? What is out of Scope?
d. Who are Key Stakeholders?
e. What are key Milestones?
2. Please complete a High Level “As Is” Process Map.
3. Please create a SIPOC of the process based on the
information that you know. Feel free to
use your imagination for this.
a. Describe methods for collecting Voice of the Customer. (SEE
APPENDIX A for VOC)
4. Please create an Affinity Diagram or List based on VOC so
you can identify Customer
“NEEDS” for CTQ Tree
5. Please create a Critical to Quality Tree utilizing the Voice of
the Customer. Identify the
Needs, Drivers and Requirements or Metric to needed to meet
these needs
Conclusion of Define: The output of the DEFINE stage is a
PROJECT CHARTER (PC) and
6. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS (SA). The PC shall include a
Problem Statement with Goals
utilizing S.M.A.R.T. methodology to address the problems
identified. The Goal shall be
aligned with the customer CTQ Requirements. A clearly defines
SCOPE is included in
the PC. What is IN SCOPE and what is OUT OF SCOPE? Your
Team is identified and
Roles & Responsibilities are defined. A SIPOC Map is
completed. An “As Is” Process
Map is completed in order to better visualize the Work Flow in
the current process. The
DEFINE Phase provides for identification of the VOC and
CTQs, their needs, Drivers and
Requirements. The student will have evaluated and Affinitized
the VOC. CTQ trees
were created to identify key requirements for meeting the
customer’s needs. The
Project Team should have a list of external Key stake Holders,
if applicable, e.g.,
Hospital Radiology, who may be impacted by process changes
within the Doctor’s
medical practice. If the Doctor’s staff schedule testing
appointments for patients and
are required to make frequent changes, this has an impact on the
department or
entity conducting the testing. The Project Team will have met
with Dr. Deasley for his
approval to proceed and now has a baseline to begin the
Measure phase.
7. Measure
1. Based on Customer requirements the project team collected
initial data. Use Pareto Analysis
of # occurrences data to determine the 5 factors which are
causing over 95% of the problem
with wait time. You need to determine the 'biggest contributors
to the problem. One tool to
accomplish this is the Pareto Chart. You need to know if it is
reasonable to assume that
these five 'parameters' are normally distributed. (SEE
APPENDIX B)
a. Based on Pareto Analysis what are the focus areas?
b. Set up appropriate methods for tracking focus areas. You will
need to track # of
occurrences of each category and actual for measuring the
ability to meet the
requirements.
2. Define your Data Collection Plan. Include the types of data
you will be collecting (Discrete or
Continuous), Why? (In many instances you will have a mix of
both types of data depending
on the Data source.
3. Based on the data collected Construct FIVE (5) histograms
for the below data sets. (SEE
APPENDIX C) for data sets
a. Interpret each of the histograms to determine whether the
assumption of normality
8. is reasonable.
b. If the data are not approximately normally distributed, why
not?
4. The team also believed there was a Motorola shift during the
process. Please describe the
Motorola Shift and potential causes that they could have
experienced the shift.
a. Calculate the PPM/DPMO for this process and determine the
baseline sigma with
the Motorola shift.
5. Calculate the Process Performance, Pp and Ppk, based on the
current process. Student will
be able to compare current Process performance to Capability
Study performed for process
improvements. Tint: drawing a picture of the data based on a
Normal Curve may help
student visualize if data is skewed when evaluating population
distribution. Use UCL = 60
minutes and LCL = 0 Minutes. In Healthcare LCL will
frequently be “O”
Conclusion of Measure: A Data Collection Plan was created.
Data was taken of as many
parameters as possible before changing any variables. Key Data
has been provided for your
use as directed in the instructions above. Pareto harts have been
created and based on the
VOC. The 5 Largest Contributing Factors will have been
identified. These should have aligned
with the data provided. A method for tracking data to capture
for analysis should have been
9. identified even if the actual data is already provided. Then from
the categories and data
“collected”, 5 Histograms should have been created along with
the narrative for Analysis,
specifically related to determination if data was normally
distributed. An explanation of the
Motorola Shift is provided. PPM/DPMO is calculated. Pp/Ppk
are calculated and current
process Sigma Level is defined. It was found that Dr. Deasley
was spending more time with his
patients than necessary. The process needs to be analyzed
based on the data.
Analyze
1. Create a Stem and Leaf Plot for the downtimes that were
captured from the patient wait times
in the waiting rooms. (SEE APPENDIX D for data set)
2. Calculate Measures of central Tendenc y with Downtime data.
What can you interpret from
these measures? Please document a conclusion (SEE
APPENDIX D for data set)
3. Calculate Measures of Dispersion with Downtime data. What
can you interpret from these
measures? Please document a conclusion (SEE APPENDIX D
for data set)
4. Two individual staff members were being observed
performing identical activities in the
Doctor’s office. 25 random samples were taken for each staff
member. One of the Medical
10. Assistants is a new employee. Medical Assistant #1 has been
with Dr. Deasley for several years.
Medical Assistant #2 is a new employee and has been with this
medical practice for 9 months.
We want to determine how Assistant 2 performs when compared
to Medical Assistant #1. Since
she is a new employee. (SEE APENDIX E for data sets)
5. Please provide the following information based on your
analysis of the two Medical Assistants
a. Medical Assistant #2 Average
b. Medical Assistant #2 Standard Deviation
c. Null Hypothesis
d. Alternative Hypothesis
e. T-Test Statistic
f. Critical Value
g. Statistical Conclusion for the null and alternative hypothesis.
Conclusion of Analyze: Stem and Leaf Plots were created from
Downtime data provided, Measures of
Central Tendency were also determined using Downtime data
and an interpretation of the results
were made. Data was analyzed to review if different staff
members were performing similarly or not.
Students should have established a Null Hypothesis and
Alternative Hypothesis from the data for the 2
staff members. An appropriate test was performed and
conclusions made based on the outcome.
11. IMPROVE
1. A staff member has been stating for months that there is a
correlation between the Room
Availability and the Patient arrival time. Should the Office
Manager have listened to this staff
member’s observation? After completing items 2 through 5,
provided your thoughts on staff
observations and how they might have achieved Office Manager
Buy-In sooner.
2. Construct a scatter diagram and calculate the correlation
coefficient to see if she is correct. SEE
APPENDIX F for data set
a. Is there strong correlation between room availability and
patient arrival time?
b. IF there is strong correlation, is it positive or negative?
(Answer with positive, negative
or N/A)
c. What is the correlation coefficient between the two variables?
(Use 6 decimal places).
What does this mean?
3. Discuss the 8 Deadly Wastes (MUDA) of the process.
4. Create a Fishbone Diagram. List Potential Root Causes.
Narrow Potential Root Causes to Key
Root Causes. Explaining some of the key Root causes.
5. Discuss Improvements that you would suggest based on
12. findings from FISHBONE Analysis.
Conclusion of Improve: A Scatter Plot was constructed and a
Correlation completed. The
determination of whether the 2 factors Correlate based on a
Correlation Coefficient determination is
stated and comments on whether the correlation is Positive or
Negative are included. 8 Wastes were
evaluated and identified where applicable. A FISHBONE
DIAGRAM was created and many ideas were
brainstormed for Potential Root Cause. These were then
narrowed to the critical few Root Causes.
Many improvement suggestions were made.
CONTROL
An I-MR chart was plotted for the Doctor’s office to ensure the
specifications were performing as
planned and the patients and Doctors were satisfied.
1. Please indicate if the control chart is stable and if any
Shewhart Rules have occurred.
13. 2. A normality test was conducted. Please advise if the data is
normal.
3. A capability study was completed. Please advise if the
process is stable and any analysis you
find is relevant.
4. Please complete a Control and Monitoring Plan for the
project.
5. Create a Dashboard which the office can utilize to monitor
the performance of the
improvements as well as supporting the sustainability of the
improvements
Conclusion of Control: Conclusion regarding the stability of the
Control Chart was made and any
violations of the Shewhart Rules were noted. Students then
observed the WET LAB TESTING and
discussed the Normality of the data. A Capacity Study was done
presumably using data from
improvements made and analysis of the Mini Tab output was
discussed. A Control and Monitoring
Plan was created to ensure monitoring of improvements for
Sustainability. Final a Dashboard was
14. developed to be used for staff to visually track their
performance and for discussion with Dr. Deasley.
We have collected data after making many improvements to see
if the process is now stable. We will
continue to monitor our progress and follow the control plan.
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APPENDIX A: VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER
Feedback from Patients:
I wait too long. I only have an hour for Lunch. I make my
appointments specifically at Lunch
time because I can’t come after work.
I like to come very early and be one of Dr. D’s first pati ents. If
I am not his 1st, I end up waiting
and am late for work. My company is very strict about being on
time.
I wouldn’t mind if the doctor spent less time with me. I only
usually come for an Annual
Checkup and a Flu shot. If I feel really sick, I call the office.
When I broke my arm last year, the
doctor sent me right to the hospital. You guys made the
arrangements for my X-Ray so I didn’t
need to wait.
I can’t be late when I come in the afternoon. I need to pick my
daughter up from school. If I
come in the afternoon, can you make it a short visit?
15. The doctor spends so much time asking me questions, can’t he
look at my chart before I get
into the exam room?
The last time I was here, you put me in a room with someone
else’s clothes. The woman had
gone to the Ladies’ room and came back to get dressed. I had to
wait in the hallway.
Feedback from Staff
We need to organize the exam rooms. Dr. Deasley is always
looking for something and I need to
go find it.
We can’t have multiple people at the Front desk assigning
patients to rooms. They don’t always
assign patients to the right room and equipment is not available
Dr. D keeps taking equipment with him from room to room,
The patients are not getting here early enough to get them ready
for the doctor. He like to have
their Blood Pressure, Weight and Temperature done before he
comes in.
Patients keep arriving the last minute, then they get angry
because they miss their appointment
and need to wait.
I hope I never have to reschedule Mrs. Smyth for a new
appointment because the doctor
couldn’t see her. She was practically screaming at me.
16. We had 2 patients, Mrs. Jones and Mr. Thomas ask for their
records to be sent to a new
doctor’s office. That is the 4th time that has happened this year
and we are only ½ way through
the year.
The new Medical Assistant was complaining because she said
there is too much chaos here. I
think she might be sorry she came her. I hope she doesn’t go
back to the hospital. It takes so
much time to find good people and train them.
Feedback from Doctor
I don’t always have the instruments I need in the Exam Room. I
need to have my Assistant go
find what I need. I’ve started taking Instruments with me to my
next patient only to find 3 of
the same instrument I am carrying in the next Exam Room.
I have seen several patients waiting in the hall outside the Exam
Room. I don’t like that
situation. We need to stop this practice.
I see some staff running around like crazy and others sitting
around appearing to have nothing
to do.
I am not one of these “hands off’ doctors, I like to spend time
with my patients. But sometimes
a patient will sit there with nothing to say and another patient
will have a long list of issues.
17. If this improvement project is successful, I would like to see 15
Patients a day. We need to keep
operating costs in mind. We need to keep our equipment up to
date and I need to ensure we
plan for salaries and bonuses at year end.
I notice we have had 3 people leave within the past 18 months. I
would like to understand why.
It is very expensive to recruit staff and it takes time before they
are proficient in their jobs. The
team we have now is very good. I would like to keep all of
them. We do monitor salaries and
compare with market standards so I know our salaries and
benefits are competitive.
Feedback from Other Sources
Radiology Department is complaining because they state we
make too many changes to the
patient appointments.
The Laboratory department is complaining because our patients
are coming for testing outside
their assigned appointment time and too late in the day.
APPENDIX B: Based on VOC data to be used to construct
CTQ’s. Project Team will
identify key focus areas in Doctor’s Office using Pareto
Diagram. These focus
areas will then be monitored as defined in Data Collection Plan.
18. Time the Doctor was spending with Patients – 79
Number of times Dr arrives late - 4
Proper Medical Devices not Available - 30
Number of times patient is left in the hallway - 17
Rooms Available at Doctor’s Office -22
Number of times staff arrive late - 3
Staffing of Doctor’s Office -41
Number of times scheduling changes were made for patient
testing - 15
Number of times patient had to be rescheduled for Dr visit - 10
Arrival Time of Patients - 52
APPENDIX C: Data set to be used to construct 5 Histograms
23. 10.68 7.58 0.5479 164 23
10.6 7.6 0.5452 174 21
Upper Spec 11 7.66 0.56 180 60
Lower Spec 10.5 7.45 0.54 165 0
Target 10.75 7.55 0.55 170 20
APPENDIX D: Data represents Wait Time in minutes beyond
their scheduled
Appointment Time for the last 70 patients. Use to create Stem
and Leaf Plots.
PATIENT
WAITING
TIME
PATIENT
WAITING
TIME
PATIENT
WAITING
25. APPENDIX E: Data set for determining performance for
Medical Assistant #2. The
historical mean for Medical Assistant #1 was .0126.
MEDICAL ASSISTANT #2
Data
MEDICAL ASSISTANT #2
Data
0.009
0.015
0.010
0.011
0.011
0.011
0.011
0.012
0.010
28. statement, objective and business case that will become the
foundation to your Six Sigma project. Conduct stakeholder
analysis, select team members and kick-off your project.Primary
MetricProcess MapProject CharterProject Plan* Process Map
* Gather VOC
* Translate VOC to CTQ's
* QFD/HOQ
* COPQ
* Primary & Secondary Metrics
* Establish Project Charter
* Stakeholder Analysis
* Team Selection
* Project PlanMeasureRefine your understanding of the process.
Assess process capability relative to customer specificati ons.
Validate measurement systems. Brainstorm potential
x's.C&ESIPOCFMEACpk* Early Y=f(x) Hypothesis
* Detailed Process Map
* SIPOC
* Cause & Effect Diagram
* Cause & Effect Matrix
* FMEA
* Basic Statistics
* Normality Test
* Capability Analysis
* Gage R&RAnalyzeConduct data collection and planned
studies in order to eliminate non-critical x's and validate critical
x's. Establish a stronger and quantified Y=f(x)
equation.Normality TestANOVA2 Sample t-testEqual
Variances* Narrowed Y=f(x)
* 1 & 2 Sample t-tests
* 1 & 2 Proportions tests
* Equal variance tests
* Normality tests
* ANOVA
* Moods Median
* Mann Whitney
29. * Paired t-test
* Chi-Squared testImproveDesign, test and implement your new
process or product under live operating conditions. Pilot
solutions if feasible before broadly deploying expensive
improvements or products. Pugh MatrixLinear RegressionBinary
Logistic RegressionDOE* Refined Y=f(x)
* Pugh Matrix
* Correlation
* Simple Linear Regression
* Multiple Linear Regression
* Binary Logistic Regression
* Full Factorial DOE
* Fractional Factorial DOEControlPlan, communicate, train and
implement your product or process solutions. Ensure control
mechanisms are established. Use Poke Yoke, visual controls,
SOP's and SPC wherever possible.Control
PlanSOP'sCommunication PlanSPC* Control Plan
* Training Plan
* Refined FMEA
* Communication Plan
* Standard Operating Procedures
* Five-S Audit
* Poke Yoke
* Visual Controls
* Statistical Process Control
DMAIC_Project_ChecklistD.M.A.I.C Project
ChecklistDEFINEIMPROVE2Projecct Charter2Potential
Solution
s Developed2Business Case (why is this project
important)2Potential