... 08 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Six sigma Health and safety Lean thinking Medicine PDSA This paper discusses the process used to standardize a workplace violence prevention program (WVPP) within a five...

... improvement team, using the PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) Cycle, analyzed the emergency department care delivery process and sequentially made process improvements that contributed to project success. Findings The average turnaround time goal of 90 minutes or less per visit was achieved in four months...

... were excluded because they had either been seen in the emergency department, treated with antibiotics for another reason, or their recorded data were incomplete (Figure 2) (Table I). Figure 2 Screening, inclusion, exclusion, and analysis of Phases I and II PDSA Quality improvement...

...., 2009). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Quality improvement Continuous quality improvement Developing country Improvement models PDSA Overall, 40 hospital staff (26 nurses or nursing assistants) were trained in QI methods and participated in the QI initiative; 12 QI...

...Matthew Chinman; Sarah B. Hunter; Patricia Ebener Purpose This article aims to describe continuous quality improvement (CQI) for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in a community‐based organization setting. Design/methodology/approach CQI (e.g., plan‐do‐study‐act cycles (PDSA...

... assumptions and models need to be understood and challenged. Practical implications The authors revise the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) model by adding an explicit problem identification step and hence avoiding solution‐focused habits; demonstrating the need for more formative evaluations to inform...