2018 Annual Meeting
Applying Epidemiology Across the Lifespan to Improve Health Care,
Inform Health Policy and Enhance Population Health
CINCINNATI, OHIO | SEPTEMBER 23-25 2018
Agenda
Workshop 4 - Cancelled
Quality Improvement Methods and Statistical Process Control
Location: University of Cincinnati, Medical Sciences Building (MSB), Room E-155
Co-Chairs: David Purcell, PhD, Research Associate, Data and Analytics,James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Melody Siska, MBA, MBB, Vice President, Quality Improvement & Advanced Analytics,James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Description:
This workshop will introduce key concepts in statistical process control (SPC) and improvement science as they are utilized in quality improvement projects, and demonstrate how SPC and epidemiological approaches can be used together in quality improvement work.
Abstract:
This workshop will introduce key concepts in statistical process control (SPC) and improvement science as they are utilized in quality improvement (QI) work based in the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. A nationally-recognized leader in health care improvement, the Anderson Center leads QI efforts in over a dozen learning health systems in areas such as pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, patient safety, congenital heart disease, and community health. SPC and QI are increasingly used in public health and health care settings. By the conclusion of the workshop, participants should have a solid understanding of how SPC methodologies are used in improvement science, as well as how SPC and epidemiological approaches can be used together in QI projects.
Brief Biographies:
David Purcell, PhD, is a Research Associate at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center. He serves in a leadership role for analytics and data for the quality improvement-driven Learning Networks at the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence. David is also the lead analyst for Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety National Children’s Network, an improvement collaborative of over 130 hospitals in the US and Canada. Prior to joining Cincinnati Children’s, David was an Associate Professor of Sociology at Kent State University. Overall, David has over 20 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative research, quality improvement, and the sociological study of systems an
