{"id":29147,"date":"2021-06-25T08:29:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/?p=29147"},"modified":"2021-06-25T08:29:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:29:49","slug":"describe-how-organizations-use-statistical-thinking-to-be-more-competitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/25\/describe-how-organizations-use-statistical-thinking-to-be-more-competitive\/","title":{"rendered":"Describe how organizations use statistical thinking to be more competitive."},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h4>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.<br \/>\nCase Study 1: Statistical Thinking in Health Care<\/h4>\n<p>Due Week 4 and worth 150 points<\/p>\n<p>Read the following case study.<\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen, 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<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be glad to help, Juan, but what can I do? I\u2019m just a pharmacist\u2019s assistant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what about the statistical consultant you hired to analyze the data on inaccurate prescriptions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen, 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<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds like there\u2019s no hope, Ben!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: 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.<\/p>\n<p>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. 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