Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
We got the following question emailed to the website recently:
Greetings, I was [wondering] if the following case represents [violation] of 4 1s rule?
Control (A) point 1= EXCEEDS 2 SD /-2 SD lines >> warning
Control (A) point 2= WITHIN 2 SD/-2 SD lines >> accepted
Control (A) point 3= EXCEEDS 2 SD /-2 SD lines >> warning
Control (A) point 4= WITHIN 2 SD/-2 SD lines >> rejection
all the point[s] on the same side of the mean.
What do you think? The answer, after the jump
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
A recent op-ed in the New York Times by Dr. Robert Wachter as well as an interview with Don Berwick in HealthLeaders Media broached a taboo topic: is healthcare measuring too much?
'[T]he measurement fad has spun out of control. There are so many different hospital ratings that more than 1,600 medical centers can now lay claim to being included on a “top 100,” “honor roll,” grade “A” or “best” hospitals list. Burnout rates for doctors top 50 percent, far higher than other professions. A 2013 study found that the electronic health record was a dominant culprit. Another 2013 study found that emergency room doctors clicked a mouse 4,000 times during a 10-hour shift. The computer systems have become the dark force behind quality measures.'
How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers, New York Times, January 16, 2016
As the global debate over establishing the best error models and performance specifications rages, laboratories are probably asking themselves the same questions that the doctors are asking: how many metrics are too much?
A possible answer, or at least some more questions, after the jump...
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
I was blessed enough to spend the week in China during Laboratory Professionals Week: training, lecturing, q & a’ing. Celebrating one laboratory’s verification of performance Not just celebrating with labs but I hope empowering them to achieve even better results in the future.