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  2. Continual improvement process - Wikipedia

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    The plan–do–check–act cycle is an example of a continual improvement process. The PDCA (plan, do, check, act) or (plan, do, check, adjust) cycle supports continuous improvement and kaizen. It provides a process for improvement which can be used since the early design (planning) stage of any process, system, product or service.

  3. Quality storyboard - Wikipedia

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    The project team uses colored markers to show the PDSA cycle (Shewhart cycle) and the SDSA cycle (Standardize, Do, Study, Act). After each manager writes an interpretation of the policy statement, the interpretation is discussed with the next manager above to reconcile differences in understanding and direction.

  4. PDCA - Wikipedia

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    The plan–do–check–act cycle. PDCA or plan–do–check–act (sometimes called plan–do–check–adjust) is an iterative design and management method used in business for the control and continual improvement of processes and products. [1] It is also known as the Shewhart cycle, or the control circle/cycle.

  5. Clinical audit - Wikipedia

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    Clinical audit can be described as a cycle or a spiral, see figure. Within the cycle there are stages that follow the systematic process of: establishing best practice; measuring against criteria; taking action to improve care; and monitoring to sustain improvement. As the process continues, each cycle aspires to a higher level of quality.

  6. Kaizen - Wikipedia

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    The cycle of kaizen activity can be defined as: Plan → Do → Check → Act. This is also known as the Shewhart cycle , Deming cycle, or PDCA . Another technique used in conjunction with PDCA is the five whys , which is a form of root cause analysis in which the user asks a series of five "why" questions about a failure that has occurred ...

  7. W. Edwards Deming - Wikipedia

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    Deming credits a 1939 work by Shewhart for the idea and over time eventually developed the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, which has the idea of deductive and inductive learning built into the learning and improvement cycle. Deming finally published the PDSA cycle in 1993, in The New Economics on p. 132. [39]

  8. PDSA - Wikipedia

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    PDSA may refer to: PDSA (plan–do–study–act), a quality improvement process; People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, a UK veterinary charity;

  9. NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement - Wikipedia

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    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS Institute) was a special health authority of the National Health Service in England.It supported "the NHS to transform healthcare for patients and the public by rapidly developing and spreading new ways of working, new technology and world-class leadership".