Identify one area in which data and charts can be used to illustrate a potential process improvement opportunity in your current practice area.

Discuss how data is used or not used in your current practice area? If data is used, how is data presented? Identify one area in which data and charts can be used to illustrate a potential process improvement opportunity in your current practice area (NOTE you cannot use any example such as ED wait times ) and give 2 examples of potential variation (common cause or special cause) that might occur.Where I work we use EPIC and some information maybe helpful for the discussion. All patient communication is still on epic and it made very easy to communication with physicians concerns or issues that may arise during patient care on timely manner.EHR (electronic health record). It is easily accessed, and the technology makes it very useful in emergent situations. It is easy to access labs, test results and specialty reports. We can also go back in the records even years at the click of a button to obtain patient information.