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

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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