Data presentation for quality improvement

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005:2005:1134.

Abstract

Efforts to improve quality of medical care often involve large data sets. Reviewing laboratory results over time for a cohort of patients is particularly problematic: traditional statistics conflate case to case variations with day to day variations (within a case). To help solve this problem, we propose using sparklines for case by case review and a modified box-plot for overall data review. We demonstrate these data presentations using fingerstick glucose values.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Audiovisual Aids*
  • Blood Glucose / analysis*
  • Data Display
  • Diabetes Mellitus / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus / therapy
  • Humans
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care*
  • Statistics as Topic

Substances

  • Blood Glucose