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Measuring for Improvement

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Measuring for improvement is a cornerstone of successful improvement. This chapter first describes the different types of measures, sources of data, and how to operationally define data to ensure consistent, accurate data collection. In the second part of the chapter, how to learn from the measures using visual displays is explained: how to plot data over time in run charts and Shewhart charts and how to use Pareto charts, frequency plots, and scatterplots.

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  1. Division of Palliative Care, Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Rachel Thienprayoon

  2. Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Kathy Demmel

  3. Associates in Process Improvement, 2000 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX, 78676, USA

    Lloyd P. Provost

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  1. Rachel Thienprayoon
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Correspondence to Rachel Thienprayoon .

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  1. Division of Bone Marrow Transplant and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Christopher E. Dandoy

  2. Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Joanne M. Hilden

  3. Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Dana-Farber, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Amy L. Billett

  4. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

    Brigitta U. Mueller

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Thienprayoon, R., Demmel, K., Provost, L.P. (2017). Measuring for Improvement. In: Dandoy, C., Hilden, J., Billett, A., Mueller, B. (eds) Patient Safety and Quality in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53790-0_6

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