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Evaluate the Solution Concepts: Evaluate and Monitor the Solution

  

Using an Indicator Matrix

Mrs. Alvarez and the team collected all the indicators that were used during the entire quality improvement process. They put these indicators into an indicator matrix.

What
to Measure?
Description
of Indicator
Formula Source of
Numerator
Source of
Denominator
Quality Standard

staff arriving late

proportion of staff arriving late #of staff arriving late/
#of staff
attendance recordsclinic personnel records 5%
staff absences proportion of staff absent #of staff absent more than 1 hour per week/ #of staff attendance records clinic personnel records 5%
satisfied users proportion of users satisfied #of users satisfied with waiting time/ #of users survey clinic records 90%
staff self-
evaluation
proportion of staff with a positive self-evaluation #of staff with positive self-evaluation/
#of staff
staff self-evaluation forms clinic personnel records 95%
users receiving new information about health center services proportion of users receiving new information # of users receiving new information about health center services/ number of users user survey clinic records 80%
doctors performing only one activity at a time proportion of doctors performing only one activity # of doctors performing only one activity/
number of doctors
direct observation clinic records 80%

Next, they need to select which indicators to use in their monitoring system.

         
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