Using a Run Chart

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2. Sustaining Your Efforts: Using a Run Chart

What is it and how will it help?

Improvement takes place over time. Determining whether improvement was achieved, and if it is lasting, requires ongoing observation. Run charts (graphs of data over time) are one of the most important tools for assessing the effectiveness of change.

 

Need more information?

Run Charts Part 1 YouTube Whiteboard Presentation (7 min)
IHI Open School
Run Charts Part 2 YouTube Whiteboard Presentation (6 min)
IHI Open School
Run Chart Tool
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

MDH QI Toolbox: Run Chart
Minnesota Department of Health

This toolbox defines what a run chart is and how to use it.
Introduction to Measurement for Improvement e-Learning Module
NHS Scotland

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