Quality Management 2017

OUTLINE

I. INTRODUCTION

❖ Need for a method to monitor and analyze the abundant data in Radiation Oncology.  Statistical Process Control (SPC)

II. ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS TO START WITH STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC)

❖ Goal: reaching the target with minimal variation

III. STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL IN PRACTICE

❖ Steps to set up a SPC analysis ❖ The key tools of SPC:

➢ Capability indicators ➢ Control charts

❖ Application to pre-treatment quality controls in IMRT

IV. CONCLUSION

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