Abstract: Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) frequently employs Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts, but current tools are cumbersome, requiring extensive expertise and manual data manipulation.

A multivariate extension of the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control chart is presented, and guidelines given for designing this easy-to-implement multivariate procedure. A comparison ...

At some point in our lives, we have dropped a drinking glass or knocked over a glass-blown knickknack, only to watch it hit the floor and shatter into pieces. We learn from any early age that glass is ...

The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, Special Issue: "Total Quality" (Jul., 1994), pp. 472-509 (38 pages) In its current form, the Deming management method contains a prescriptive set of ...

Global growth is projected to decline after a period of steady but underwhelming performance, amid policy shifts and new uncertainties. Global headline inflation is expected to decline further, ...

Peace talks with President Trump have prompted international discussions around a key aim that has eluded Russia’s Vladimir Putin in more than a decade of war: full control of Ukraine’s industrial ...

Futsal, a high-intensity sport, places considerable demands on the hip adductors and core musculature, often resulting in ...

Objective A dashboard was developed with and for Irish general practitioners (GPs) to improve their understanding of practice ...