Statistical process monitoring to improve quality assurance of inpatient care

Statistical Analysis and Quality Assurance of Monitoring Data

Quality assurance in the intensive care unit--monitoring hematocrit orders.

To provide a quality assurance (QA) study in the intensive care unit (ICU), hematocrit orders were monitored for five months (September 1989-January 1990) in an attempt to determine appropriate practice. Computer prints of all hematocrits (hct) ordered in the ICU were reviewed. Of all patients admitted to the unit in this time (528), 61 percent (319) had hematocrits ordered. The maximum number ...

Results of a program to improve the process of inpatient care of adult asthmatics.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a program to improve care of adult patients hospitalized for asthma. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of patient and house staff education, patterns of medication use, spacer use, peak flowmeter use, and length of stay before and after team intervention. SETTING A 960-bed teaching hospital in New York City. PATIENTS All patients admitted to the hospit...

Statistical monitoring of nonlinear product and process quality profiles

In many quality control applications, use of a single (or several distinct) quality characteristic(s) is insufficient to characterize the quality of a produced item. In an increasing number of cases, a response curve (profile), is required. Such profiles can frequently be modeled using linear or nonlinear regression models. In recent research others have developed multivariate T 2 control chart...

Do hospitalist physicians improve the quality of inpatient care delivery? A systematic review of process, efficiency and outcome measures

BACKGROUND Despite more than a decade of research on hospitalists and their performance, disagreement still exists regarding whether and how hospital-based physicians improve the quality of inpatient care delivery. This systematic review summarizes the findings from 65 comparative evaluations to determine whether hospitalists provide a higher quality of inpatient care relative to traditional in...