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Chartrunner Tutorial
• Introduce basic operations• Some useful tips-– Where to store your charts– How to organize your data– Variable names, Chart names
Decide on type of data
Continuous(Variables)
Data
Discrete (Attributes)
Data
More than one observation per
subgroup?
< 10 observations
per subgroup?
Can both occurrences &
non-occurrences be counted?
Are there equal area of opportunity?
Are the subgroup
sizes equal?
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
No
NoNo
No
No
–R –s XmR c-chart u-chart p-chart np-chart
Look at a sample chart
• Open the program and select the chart that says:
“Measurement control chart (01) health, Individuals, Average days positive mammogram”
What did their data look like to get that chart?
Step 1: Chart Name/Data Type
• Name: “Example 1”• Description: optional• Chart Categories: Measurement Control Chart• Chart Type: Individuals
Step 2: Data Source
• Select: Microsoft Excel from drop down menu• Database or filename:
Browse: Day 1.xls
Step 3: Data Definition
• Table: select Example 1• How to treat the columns by:– Avg Delay: select “Measurement”– Week: select: “Unique Identifier”
• Click “OK”
Is this the same chart?
• Is the process stable?• How many criteria for special cause does this
meet?• What’s different compared to the sample
chart?
Setting Control Limits
• Left click to draw a box around all the points up to and including 20
• Right click and scroll down to “compute limits”• Select , name “baseline”, then click compute
and OK• Now, do the same for the reset of the data,
points 21-36. Call this set “Post”• How dose this look now? Is it in control?
Importing Data from Text to Excel
Make an Individuals chart of the number of patients seen per day
• Use Day 1.xls• Select the I Chart sheet• Pick the care team you wish to measure (Bear,
Orca, Eagle, Raven or Wolf) column for the measurement, Month is the identifier
Make an X-bar/range chart of the average daily blood sugar
• Use Day 1.xls• Select the X-Bar sheet• Use the AM column and the PM column for
the measurement, Date is the identifier
(n=2: AM & PM)
Make a P-chart of the percent of patients each month with HGA1C < 7• Use Day 1.xls• Select the P Chart sheet• Use the Total column for the “number
inspected” (aka denominator) and the Under 7 column for the count (numerator), Date is the identifier
• Ignore “percent”
Make a C-chart of the prescriptions each month for diabetes medications• Use Day 1.xls• Select the C Chart sheet• Use the Prescriptions column for the measure,
Date is the identifier