Aplicação do controle estatístico de processo e ferramentas da qualidade no monitoramento do tempo de espera: estudo de caso em uma unidade básica de saúde

Abstract

The concentration of efforts is a fundamental aspect for meeting the health needs of the population. The article sought to apply the Statistical Process Control through the control charts and the quality tools in order to verify the quality in a Health Care Unit of the interior of Paraná through the waiting time of the patients. For the data collection, an on-site observation was performed during the two-week period and the other records were collected through contact with the unit supervisor. After the data collection, the Ishikawa Diagram and Pareto Diagram were used in order to increase the quality analysis. The follow-up of the waiting period during the period for the elaboration of the analysis was done by means of the Chart of Control of Individual Values and also of Mobile Range, and the calculation of the Process Capacity and Effective Capacity Index was carried out. Based on the application of quality tools and graphs, it was concluded that the process is inefficient according to the result obtained in the effective capacity index. Finally, some improvements have been proposed that can be added with the aim of promoting the quality of the unit process and, consequently, the reduction of patients' waiting time.