Managing Your Data: Methods for Understanding and Collecting
Product Description:
WEBCAST ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
presented on June 4, 2009
Do you feel as though you're collecting too much data with little or no value? The cost of collecting useless data is high and can be a waste of resources and time. Learn how to make your data collection worth-while and how to create positive change from the data you're collecting.
AGENDA
- Collecting too much data with no or little value
- Cost of collecting useless data—waste of resources and time
- Making your data collection worth-while—how can you create positive change from the data you are collecting?
- Why are data so important?
- Data for monitoring vs. data for control
- Different types of data
- Outcome data
- Problem/exception data
- Activity data
- Process data
- WHAT data vs. WHY data
- Collecting your data
- Sampling frequency—how much do you need
- How much are your data costing you
- Setting Useful Goals
- Question and answer session
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the different classes of data under control in your organization
- State goals that are realistic and meaningful and result in real improvement
- Demonstrate that you are collecting the right amount of data at the right frequency
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ken Rohde, senior consultant for The Greeley Company, has more than 25 years of experience in quality management. His roles in performance improvement and project management make him uniquely qualified to assist medical staffs and hospital leaders develop solutions to their toughest challenges. He instructs, speaks, and consults in the areas of error reduction strategies, root cause analysis, improving performance through process simplification, error reduction through effective procedure writing, apparent cause analysis, engineering effectiveness and error reduction, failure modes and effects analysis, effective data collection, analysis and trending, patient safety evaluation and improvement, change management, corrective action program evaluation and redesign, human performance evaluations, and procedure error reduction. Mr. Rohde also specializes in technology-based approaches to preventing human errors.
Here's what attendants of Rohde's past seminars and presentations had to say:
“Mr. Rhode has a tremendous expertise with real-time hospital issues and how to tackle them. Excellent analogies to help us remember the concept!—Julie Classen RN, Wellington Regional Medical Center, Wellington, FL
“Ken is an outstanding presenter. Very easy to understand, enthusiastic, kept program interesting. Usable information.”—Kristi Washburn- Fisher Titus Medical Center
“Ken Rhode is an excellent presenter, knowledgeable, comfortable with his subject matter and a good teacher.”—Betty Varga RN, Cheyenne VA Medical Center, Cheyenne, WY
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Quality/performance improvement managers and staff, risk managers, patient safety managers, board quality representatives, CNOs, COOs, VPMAs/CMOs, infection control managers, nurses and nurse managers
WEBCAST ON-DEMAND
We are pleased to offer an on-demand option. When you purchase a webcast on-demand, you will be able to view the program anywhere and any time by logging into your account. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or a refresher for veteran staff.
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