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USING RUN CHARTS TO EVALUATE PROGRESS

SUSTAINED CHANGE OVER TIME = IMPROVEMENT

Run charts• Graphs of data over time • Tool for assessing the effectiveness of change

RUN CHARTS

Run charts have a variety of benefits: • Help improvement teams formulate aims by

depicting how well (or poorly) a process is performing

• Help in determining when changes are truly improvements by displaying a pattern of data that can observe as changes are made

• Give direction to improvement with information about the value of particular changes

IHI RESOURCES

RUN CHART TOOL• http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/

RunChart.aspx

TRACKER TOOL• http://app.ihi.org/Workspace/tracker/

MONITORING IMPROVEMENT…RUN CHARTS

Assessing Assessing

RUN CHARTS

RUN CHARTS