Karen Jenkins
Improvement Advisor for Realistic Medicine
NHS NSS
Scotland
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Thomas John Rose posted an update in the group Quality Management in Healthcare 6 days, 23 hours ago
What about SPC? did you know that there are some pre-requisites for its effective use? If your answer is ‘yes’ please list them in a reply.
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Hi Tom,
Many Trusts have adopted SPC at the Board level (~80%), and the Making Data Count team trained 40,000+ people if I remember the numbers correctly. There are thousands who have converted to using it. While it isn’t widely spread at all levels, it’s definitely the right direction when we discussed with MDC earlier today.
Have a look at thi…Read more
Thanks Isabel. I’ve had a look. Have you a view on the pre-requisites?
I’ve asked a friend of mine, ChatGTP, three questions:
1. Is SPC suitable for use in healthcare?
2. What are the requirements for SPC to be effective? and
3. Are these pre-requisites adhered to for healthcare processes?
I got some interesting answers; I do take ChatGPT’s views with a pinch of salt never-the-less they are broadly in agreement…Read more
Hi Tom,
SPC is definitely suitable, but the challenge lies in raising awareness. As the saying goes, we don’t know what we don’t know, which is exactly why the MDC program exists.
The question is, how can we spread the word using language that resonates with those we need to convert? Thinking about the diffusion of innovation, building a mov…Read more
Certainly good stuff Isabel but they miss the point. The point is that a pre-requisite to good Data Collection is Process Management. A pre-requisite to Process Management is Process Documentation and ‘performance in the Process. A pre-requisite to Process Documentation is understanding Process and System. The NHS do none of that.
Just for information see: https://aviationsafetyblog.asms-pro.com/blog/how-to-prepare-data-for-trend-analysis-in-risk-management-programs?utm_content=316532993&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-148868484