1 / 24

QuEST Mental Health Data for Improvement Network

QuEST Mental Health Data for Improvement Network. Run Charts Alison Pickering Senior Information Analyst. By the end of this session you will…. know why we use run charts in improvement work b e able to construct a run chart u nderstand how to read the run chart

fonda
Download Presentation

QuEST Mental Health Data for Improvement Network

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. QuEST Mental Health Data for Improvement Network Run Charts Alison Pickering Senior Information Analyst

  2. By the end of this session you will… know why we use run charts in improvement work be able to construct a run chart understand how to read the run chart know when to change the median know how to find further support

  3. Why Run Charts? “Data have no meaning apart from their context” W. Shewhart

  4. Worked example NHS Somewhere was having trouble with their DNA rate, so they implemented a text reminder system in July 2011. Did it work?

  5. Monthly data

  6. Create a line chart

  7. Find your median

  8. Add the median to your chart

  9. Add titles and labels

  10. Annotate chart with process changes

  11. Run Chart Rules There are four simple things to look for on a run chart to highlight whether there are significant changes happening: A shift A trend The number of runs An astronomical data point

  12. A shift

  13. A trend

  14. The number of runs

  15. The number of runs

  16. The number of runs

  17. Astronomical point

  18. Our example

  19. Another example Median = 3.9

  20. Changing the median

  21. Changing the median example

  22. Conclusion Source: xkcd.com

  23. Further learning • Reading: • QI Hub - www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/knowledge-centre/quality-improvement-tools/run-chart.aspx • IHI - www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/RunChart.aspx • Paper

  24. Further support Alison Pickering Senior Information Analyst QuEST Mental Health 01312443284 alison.pickering@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

More Related