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False alarms in surgical quality control.

Marco D Huesch¹

¹mhuesch@anderson.ucla.edu

Journal for Healthcare Quality : Official Publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality

|February 9, 2008

Summary

Performance streakiness is common. This study found significant performance streaks in cardiac surgery outcomes, suggesting cumulative sum charts may improve quality management over standard tools.

Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Statistical Process Control
Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

Background:

Performance streakiness is a recognized phenomenon.
Runs of outcomes can trigger false alarms in standard statistical process control (SPC) tools.
The practical implications for healthcare quality management require investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the presence and extent of performance streakiness in cardiac surgery outcomes.
To assess the suitability of SPC tools for analyzing surgeon performance data with streaks.
To determine if alternative charting methods offer advantages for quality management.

Main Methods:

Analysis of cardiac surgery outcomes data for over 200 high-volume surgeons in Florida.
Statistical examination to identify significant performance streaks.

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Comparison of standard Shewhart process control charts with cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts.

Main Results:

Statistically significant performance streakiness was confirmed in a high proportion of surgeons.
The identified streakiness poses a challenge for traditional SPC methods, potentially increasing false alarms.
Cumulative sum charts demonstrated potential utility in analyzing this type of performance data.

Conclusions:

Healthcare managers should consider performance streakiness a significant practical concern in quality management.
Cumulative sum charts may be a more effective tool than Shewhart charts for monitoring cardiac surgery performance.
Further research into SPC methods for healthcare quality improvement is warranted.