Authors:
Steven M. Zimmerman Ph.D., Professor of Quality and System Management, University
of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Published:Proceedings- Ninth
International Conference of the Israel Society of Quality Assurance, 1992, November 1992, pages 761-764.
Robert N. Zimmerman, Quality Control Manager, Biomedical Quality Control of America, Inc. Mobile, Alabama.
Lonnie D. Brown, Biomedical Engineering, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, AL
Shannon S. Brown, Quality Assurance, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, AL
Significance:Biomedical data collected at a rapid rate has a high degree of autocorrelation. Among the control charts designed to work under these conditions are the expondential weighted moving average (EWMA) and a moving average control chart. The paper investigated the use of the moving average control chart. It worked, but the reaction of the caregiver was not positive. The BimedQC approach was found to be more acceptable.
