@article{1413942,
      recid = {1413942},
      author = {Provost, Lloyd P. and Murray, Sandra K.},
      title = {The health care data guide : learning from data for  improvement /},
      publisher = {Jossey-Bass,},
      address = {San Francisco :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxviii, 445 pages, [2] pages of plates  ) :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"Step by step this comprehensive resource explores the  statistical process control (SPC), a philosophy, a  strategy, and a set of methods for ongoing improvement of  processes and systems to yield better outcomes in health  care organizations. It includes information on processes,  stratification, rational subgrouping and stability and  capability analysis, measurement, data collection methods,  planned experimentation, and graphical methods. This book  shows how to apply SPC to evaluate current process  performance, search for ideas for improvement, tell if  changes have resulted in evidence of improvement, and track  implementation efforts to document sustainability of the  improvement"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1413942},
}