Cluster randomised evaluation of a training intervention to increase the use of statistical process control charts for hospitals in England: making data count.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The way that data are presented can influence quality and safety initiatives. Time-series charts highlight changes but do not clarify whether data lie outside expected variation. Statistical process control (SPC) charts make this distinction and have been demonstrated to be effective in supporting hospital initiatives. To improve the uptake of the SPC methodology by hospitals in England, a training intervention was created. The current study evaluates the effectiveness of that training against the background of a wider national initiative to encourage the adoption of SPC charts.

Methods

A parallel cluster randomised trial was conducted with 16 English NHS hospitals. Half were randomised to the training intervention and half to the control. The primary analysis com

SUBMITTER: Schmidtke KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418577 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature