Posted: July 23rd, 2015

Research paper

As part of your EVIDENCE GATHERING process for this exercise, please
read the articles below, available at PubMed:

1. Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu
BK, Wang Y, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM.
Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among
process measures and relationship with short-term mortality. JAMA.
2006 Jul 5;296(1):72-8.
note:Pay special attention to the METHODS section in this article

2. Schweikhart SA, Dembe AE. The applicability of Lean and Six Sigma
techniques to clinical and translational research. J Investig Med.
2009 Oct;57(7):748-55.
note:Pay special attention to the CASE STUDY section in this article

Review the following website:
https://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/

Type in a zip code in the search box in the upper left corner of the
Hospital Compare website, and for each Search type (General, Medical
Conditions, Surgical Procedures), click on the “Find Hospitals”
button. Review and note the resulting data.

After you have experimented enough to know the basic data elements and
measures found here, formulate a specific management problem or
question that might be answered using this data. Conduct a comparative
analysis, comparing hospitals and data elements of your choosing, and
report the findings/results.

For this paper:
The METHODS section should be about 100-300 words, and briefly
describe the data used and your analytical process, including its
relationship to LEAN/Six Sigma;
the FINDINGS/RESULTS section should be about 500-1000 words, and
should describe specific data, variables, and/or trends you think are
significant;
the DISCUSSION section should be about 500-1000 words, and include
explanation/speculation of possible reasons for the results you found.

also include a 50-100 word synopsis of suggested further analysis you
feel would be useful, including at least ONE SPECIFIC follow-up
question or management problem that might be addressed by the
HospitalCompare data resources.

hint: for Methods information, review the HospitalCompare “Data” page at:
https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/Data/AboutData/About.aspx
click on the links in the left column table, “About the Data”

For a description of adjustments to selected data, see:
https://www.medicare.gov/HospitalCompare/Data/RCD/Overview.aspx

Note: you may include any representative graphs/charts, which will not
be included in your overall word count.

Reference (Has to be the links that provided below):
1. Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu
BK, Wang Y, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM.
Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among
process measures and relationship with short-term mortality. JAMA.
2006 Jul 5;296(1):72-8.
note:Pay special attention to the METHODS section in this article

2. Schweikhart SA, Dembe AE. The applicability of Lean and Six Sigma
techniques to clinical and translational research. J Investig Med.
2009 Oct;57(7):748-55.
note:Pay special attention to the CASE STUDY section in this article

3.https://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/
4.https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/Data/AboutData/About.aspx
5.https://www.medicare.gov/HospitalCompare/Data/RCD/Overview.aspx

 
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