Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders. Appendix C.
Figure 1 (Text Description)
Figure 1. Percentage of Patients on General Pediatric Unit Who Go Home within 4 Hours of Meeting Discharge Goals
Figure 1 is a bar graph. The horizontal axis shows a date range of May 2004
to May 2006 in increments of 21 days. The vertical axis shows the percentage
of patients who go home within 4 hours of meeting discharge goals, with a range
of 0 to 100%. Percentages are approximate.
On the upper right-hand corner above the table is a small text-box that says: Goal: 80% of patients.
On the upper left-hand corner of the table is a box with a large arrow pointing to the October 2004 data that states: Discharge when introduced in October 2004: 100%.
| Date |
Percentage of Patients |
| 05/01/2004 |
45% |
| 05/22/2004 |
55% |
| 06/12/2004 |
52% |
| 07/03/2004 |
30% |
| 07/24/2004: |
58% |
| 08/14/2004 |
65% |
| 09/04/2004 |
45% |
| 09/25/2004 |
57% |
| 10/16/2004 |
85% |
| 11/06/2004 |
100% |
| 11/27/2004 |
90% |
| 12/18/2004: |
95 % |
| 01/08/2005 |
90% |
| 01/29/2005 |
95% |
| 02/19/2005 |
90% |
| 03/12/2005 |
100% |
| 04/09/2005: |
80% |
| 04/30/2005: |
80% |
| 05/21/2005 |
90% |
| 06/11/2005 |
100% |
| 07/02/2005: |
100% |
| 07/23/2005: |
80% |
| 08/13/2005: |
80% |
| 09/03/2005: |
90% |
| 09/24/2005 |
90% |
| 10/15/2005 |
100% |
| 11/06/2005: |
80% |
| 11/26/2005 |
70% |
| 12/17/2005 |
70% |
| 01/07/2006: |
90% |
| 01/28/2006 |
100% |
| 02/18/2006: |
81% |
| 03/11/2006 |
100% |
| 04/01/2006 |
70% |
| 04/22/2006 |
90% |
| 05/06/2006 |
100% |
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