Composite measures are useful tools for summarizing groups of metrics as a single metric. This webinar shows how to build composite measures based on polarity, magnitude and weighting. The example used throughout this webinar was building a basic cardiac resuscitation performance measure consisting of five process metrics – compression rate, depth, peri-shock pause, compression fraction… Read More
Webinar – Advanced Performance Metrics: Process Capability and the Process Capability Index
This webinar illustrates how process capability indexes contrast the reality of process performance against process specifications that have both lower and upper specifications – like too slow or fast, large or small, etc. The example used in the webinar tells the story of an ad hoc improvement project team that went through several process changes… Read More
Webinar – System Level Measurement and Improvement
Measuring and improving performance at a systems-level has several unique challenges. In order to measure how well the system of care for a time sensitive emergency is working, we need to combine data across multiple entities. In some communities, this can get quite complex with multiple hospitals and multiple EMS agencies. It may require organizations… Read More