Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, while depression is highly prevalent in this patient population and has long been regarded as an independent risk ...

Objective Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating early risk identification to improve prevention and management strategies. Traditional risk ...

An R package for run charts and individuals control charts for statistical quality control and improvement. pbcharts implements the I prime (I’ or normalised I ...

This asynchronous course addresses the basic theory behind Statistical Process Control (SPC), a method used in monitoring and controlling the quality of a process through statistical analysis to ...

Statistical process control (SPC) charts provide a natural approach to analysing time series data for healthcare quality improvement (QI) initiatives. A problem arising in practice is that having ...

9 Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 10 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK Introduction Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) ...

Background The way that data are presented can influence quality and safety initiatives. Time-series charts highlight changes but do not clarify whether data lie outside expected variation.

Governor Gavin Newsom said in an official statement that he is disappointed in the Ninth Circuit Court’s decision to allow President Trump to retain control of the California National Guard, but is ...

Carotid artery dissection (CAD) is a common cause of stroke in young individuals, attributable to both genetic and environmental factors. Environmental factors include neck activities, such as sudden ...

Abstract: Statistical Process Control and control charts, long-established quality control methodologies in manufacturing and process industries, have recently emerged as powerful tools for monitoring ...