{"id":26346,"date":"2021-01-18T06:49:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T06:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/?p=26346"},"modified":"2021-01-18T06:49:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T06:49:22","slug":"statistical-thinking-in-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Case Study 1: Statistical Thinking in Health Care Due Week 4 and worth 150 pointsRead the following case study.Ben Davis had just completed an intensive course in Statistical Thinking for Business Improvement, which was offered to all employees of a large health maintenance organization. There was no time to celebrate, however, because he was already under a lot of pressure. Ben works as a pharmacist\u2019s assistant in the HMO\u2019s pharmacy, and his manager, Juan de Pacotilla, was about to be fired. Juan\u2019s dismissal appeared to be imminent due to numerous complaints and even a few lawsuits over inaccurate prescriptions. Juan now was asking Ben for his assistance in trying to resolve the problem, preferably yesterday!\u201dBen, I really need your help! If I can\u2019t show some major improvement or at least a solid plan by next month, I\u2019m history.\u201d\u201dI\u2019ll be glad to help, Juan, but what can I do? I\u2019m just a pharmacist\u2019s assistant.\u201d\u201dI don\u2019t care what your job title is; I think you\u2019re just the person who can get this done. I realize I\u2019ve been too far removed from day-to-day operations in the pharmacy, but you work there every day. You\u2019re in a much better position to find out how to fix the problem. Just tell me what to do, and I\u2019ll do it.\u201d\u201dBut what about the statistical consultant you hired to analyze the data on inaccurate prescriptions?\u201d\u201dBen, to be honest, I\u2019m really disappointed with that guy. He has spent two weeks trying to come up with a new modeling approach to predict weekly inaccurate prescriptions. I tried to explain to him that I don\u2019t want to predict the mistakes, I want to eliminate them! I don\u2019t think I got through, however, because he said we need a month of additional data to verify the model, and then he can apply a new method he just read about in a journal to identify \u2018change points in the time series,\u2019 whatever that means. But get this, he will only identify the change points and send me a list; he says it\u2019s my job to figure out what they mean and how to respond. I don\u2019t know much about statistics \u2014 the only thing I remember from my course in college is that it was the worst course I ever took\u2013 but I\u2019m becoming convinced that it actually doesn\u2019t have much to offer in solving real problems. You\u2019ve just gone through this statistical thinking course, though, so maybe you can see something I can\u2019t. To me, statistical thinking sounds like an oxymoron. I realize it\u2019s a long shot, but I was hoping you could use this as the project you need to officially complete the course.\u201d\u201dI see your point, Juan. I felt the same way, too. This course was interesting, though, because it didn\u2019t focus on crunching numbers. I have some ideas about how we can approach making improvements in prescription accuracy, and I think this would be a great project. We may not be able to solve it ourselves, however. As you know, there is a lot of finger-pointing going on; the pharmacists blame sloppy handwriting and incomplete instructions from doctors for the problem; doctors blame pharmacy assistants like me who actually do most of the computer entry of the prescriptions, claiming that we are incompetent; and the assistants tend to blame the pharmacists for assuming too much about our knowledge of medical terminology, brand names, known drug interactions, and so on.\u201d\u201dIt sounds like there\u2019s no hope, Ben!\u201d\u201dI wouldn\u2019t say that at all, Juan. It\u2019s just that there may be no quick fix we can do by ourselves in the pharmacy. Let me explain how I\u2019m thinking about this and how I would propose attacking the problem using what I just learned in the statistical thinking course.\u201dSource: G. C. Britz, D. W. Emerling, L. B. Hare, R. W. Hoerl, &amp; J. E. Shade. \u201cHow to Teach Others to Apply Statistical Thinking.\u201d Quality Progress (June 1997): 67\u201380.Assuming the role of Ben Davis, write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you apply the approach discussed in the textbook to this problem. You\u2019ll have to make some assumptions about the processes used by the HMO pharmacy. Also, please use the Internet and \/ or Strayer LRC to research articles on common problems or errors that pharmacies face. Your paper should address the following points:Develop a process map about the prescription filling process for HMO\u2019s pharmacy, in which you specify the key problems that the HMO\u2019s pharmacy might be experiencing. Next, use the supplier, input, process steps, output, and customer (SIPOC) model to analyze the HMO pharmacy\u2019s business process.Analyze the process map and SIPOC model to identify possible main root causes of the problems. Next, categorize whether the main root causes of the problem are special causes or common causes. Provide a rationale for your response.Suggest the main tools that you would use and the data that you would collect in order to analyze the business process and correct the problem. Justify your response.Propose one (1) solution to the HMO pharmacy\u2019s on-going problem(s) and propose one (1) strategy to measure the aforementioned solution. Provide a rationale for your response.Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student\u2019s name, the professor\u2019s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Describe how organizations use statistical thinking to be more competitive.Apply the basic principles of statistical thinking to business processes.Apply the SIPOC model to identify OFIs in business processes.Use technology and information resources to research issues in business process improvement.Write clearly and concisely about business process improvement using proper writing mechanics.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/orders\/ordernow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyj99p60XCLyLk1htB7-1neRt8-2QdnenNlQ&usqp=CAU\"target=\"_http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/orders\/ordernow\"\/><\/center><p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case Study 1: Statistical Thinking in Health Care Due Week 4 and worth 150 pointsRead the following case study.Ben Davis had just completed an intensive course in Statistical Thinking for Business Improvement, which was offered to all employees of a large health maintenance organization. There was no time to celebrate, however, because he was already&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Statistical Thinking in Health Care - onlineclassesguru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Statistical Thinking in Health Care\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statistical Thinking in Health Care - onlineclassesguru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Statistical Thinking in Health Care\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"onlineclassesguru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-18T06:49:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/\",\"name\":\"onlineclassesguru\",\"description\":\"Cheap Professional coursework and reaction papers help\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/\",\"name\":\"Statistical Thinking in Health Care - onlineclassesguru\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-18T06:49:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-18T06:49:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1831fa4d28e47b468621cf27932f5742\"},\"description\":\"Statistical Thinking in Health Care\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Statistical Thinking in Health Care\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1831fa4d28e47b468621cf27932f5742\",\"name\":\"admin_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/429c8d043f7a770af242b0031e8b9f2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/429c8d043f7a770af242b0031e8b9f2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin_admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/author\/admin_admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care - onlineclassesguru","description":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care - onlineclassesguru","og_description":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care","og_url":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/","og_site_name":"onlineclassesguru","article_published_time":"2021-01-18T06:49:22+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin_admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/","name":"onlineclassesguru","description":"Cheap Professional coursework and reaction papers help","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/#webpage","url":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/","name":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care - onlineclassesguru","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-01-18T06:49:22+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-18T06:49:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1831fa4d28e47b468621cf27932f5742"},"description":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/18\/statistical-thinking-in-health-care\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Statistical Thinking in Health Care"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1831fa4d28e47b468621cf27932f5742","name":"admin_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/429c8d043f7a770af242b0031e8b9f2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/429c8d043f7a770af242b0031e8b9f2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin_admin"},"url":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/author\/admin_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26347,"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions\/26347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}