Statistical process control for improving healthcare processes. A case study in an Italian teaching hospital

Mariarosaria Apreda (), Ulrich Wienand (), Giorgia Valpiani () and Nicola Napoli ()
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Mariarosaria Apreda: Università di Bologna
Ulrich Wienand: Azienda Ospedaliera Università di Ferrara
Giorgia Valpiani: Azienda Ospedaliera Università di Ferrara
Nicola Napoli: Azienda Ospedaliera Università di Ferrara

No 3, Quaderni di Dipartimento from Department of Statistics, University of Bologna

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the utility and potentialities of statistical process control for monitoring performances of healthcare organizations. We retrospectively applied the statistical process control for monitoring perioperative system performance, represented in this study by the operating room turnaround time. The results showed that the control charts are able to identify the steady-state behavior of the process and to detect improvements or deteriorations in process performance over time

Keywords: Tempo di riprstino della sala operatoria; Indicatori organizzativi; Carte di controllo di Shewhart; Carte di controllo EWMA. Operating room turnaround time; Organizational Indicator; Shewhart control charts; EWMA control charts. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 2015
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