Table 3. An Example of Utilizing Plan, Do, Study, Act Cycle

Plan	To improve recording of BP of hypertensive patients
Do	Receptionist to flag charts for every hypertensive patient who comes in for regular appointment Nurse or physician to record every patient's BP for one day
Study	Review charts for that day to verify that BP has been recorded Two patients did not have BPs recorded because health care provider made notations at end of visit and could not remember the BP
Act	Will repeat another day and health care providers will record BP immediately instead of waiting until end of visit Reassess at end of next day