{"id":37592,"date":"2024-11-12T00:19:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T00:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-5-assignment-performance-improvement-project-part-2-workflow-and-performance-management\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T00:19:24","slug":"week-5-assignment-performance-improvement-project-part-2-workflow-and-performance-management","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-5-assignment-performance-improvement-project-part-2-workflow-and-performance-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5- Assignment: Performance Improvement Project: Part 2 **- Workflow and Performance Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instructions<\/h2>\n
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The Case of the Belated Lab Tests<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Performance Improvement Opportunity \u2013 Part 2<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 1<\/strong>:  Create a flowchart (See Lesson) of the process that was discussed in the first meeting (see packet 1) to illustrate the workflow that is currently being used.  This will help the team decide where there may be problems in the current workflow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part 2:  <\/strong>The following information was extracted from the floor secretary logs from the past week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • A total of 3622 tests were done and 589 were over the standards for turnaround time<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The breakdown by urgency is as follows:<\/span>\n
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    • Of 459 STATs, 77 were over standard<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Of 1042 Urgents, 334 were over standard<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Of 2121 Routines, 178 were over standard<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      You want to bring a graph of this data for the next team meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

      NOTE:  Your Excel table might look something like this in order to make a graph that will be valuable.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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       <\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

      		\n

      URGENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

      		\n

      ROUTINE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

      		\n

      STAT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

      		\n

      TOTAL<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

      \n

      Number > Standard<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

      		\n

      334<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      178<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      77<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      589<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

      \n

      % of Total > Standard<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

      		\n

      57%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      30%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      13%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      100%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

      \n

      Cumulative % of Total<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

      		\n

      57%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      87%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

      100%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

      		\n

       <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

       <\/span><\/p>\n

      TASKS: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Create a graph, using Excel, depicting the data above.  Analyze this data once your graph is made.  What conclusions can be drawn?  Write a short summary of what the graph is telling you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Decide!  Does the team have enough data?  Brainstorm a list of the data you would like to have.  Where would you get that data?  Submit a shortlist of your brainstorm ideas and explain what you would discuss with the team regarding gathering more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Instructions The Case of the Belated Lab Tests Performance Improvement Opportunity \u2013 Part 2 Part 1:  Create a flowchart (See Lesson) of the process that was discussed in the first meeting (see packet 1) to illustrate the workflow that is currently being used.  This will help the team decide where there may be problems in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[26],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/37592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/37592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=37592"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=37592"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=37592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}