Adverse Event Reporting Flowchart (EU) - feedback appreciated!

[Jen C]

We have been updating our event reporting SOP and have incorporated some new flowcharts into the drafts. I'd love to get some feedback/suggestions if anyone has any!

(I will copy this post in the US, Canada, and EU forums, but they will each have a different flowchart attached.)

Thanks,
Jen

 

[Marc]

A quick "Bump". Feedback appreciated! My Thanks in advance!

 

[Mikishots]

Swimlanes (in this case, rows that identify the owners of the flowchart elements) can be very beneficial when using flowcharts. While flowcharts without swimlanes can describe the steps of a process, they do not readily define who (or which groups) are accountable for those elements.

As a result, a benefit with swimlanes is a description of the interaction between processes.

 

[Jen C]

Thanks for your feedback, Mikishots. I do usually include swimlanes in my flowcharts (though I have never heard them called that before - I like it!), but I didn't in this case because it's not a flow of steps or decisions between departments, but one single decision being made by a person or a group. I.e., the steps aren't done by different people, but all by one person/group at once.

 

[Mikishots]

You did mention that this was only one of the flowcharts, and that there would be more; the advice I gave was for any flowchart. If there is only one owner, then the swimlane encompasses the full width of the chart.