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ISO Technical Report to Help Ensure Patient Safety of Health Software
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new International Organization for Standardization technical report is aimed at reducing the number of patients harmed, or even killed, due to the misuse or malfunction of software for health care. In the past, health-related… Diabetes Drugs Manufacturers to Strengthen Warning on Heart Failure Risk
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(FDA: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that manufacturers of certain drugs approved to treat Type 2 diabetes have agreed to add a stronger warning on the risk of heart failure, a condition that… Employers, Unions, Consumer Advocates Endorse New NCQA Health Plan Accreditation Standards
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- Preferred provider organizations (PPOs), which cover nearly two-thirds of all privately insured Americans, will be required to report on the quality of care and service their members receive under standards that were… Tufco Technologies: 2 Million Hours Without a Lost-Time Accident
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:00
(Tufco Technologies: Green Bay, Wisconsin) -- Tufco Technologies Inc., a provider of contract manufacturing and business imaging services, recently announced that as of July 20, its employees had worked 2 million consecutive hours without a lost-… ISO Technical Report on Health Care Software
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new ISO technical report is aimed at reducing the number of patients harmed or killed due to the misuse or malfunction of software for health care. These incidents have affected the reputations of health organizations and led to… NIST, UMBI To Expand Cooperation in Bioresearch
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- Officials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute recently signed a memorandum of understanding designed to expand significantly the scope… ANSI in Global Food Safety Program
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- Seven of the world’s leading retailers, including U.S.-based Wal-Mart, have agreed to rely upon food safety and quality management systems that have been certified as meeting rigorous standards for production, preparation,… IRS Selects SigmaFlow’s Solution for Lean Six Sigma
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 22:00
(SigmaFlow: Dallas, Texas) -- SigmaFlow, a leading provider of best practice execution software, recently announced that The United States Internal Revenue Service’s Wage & Investment… Open Source Six Sigma Offers Six New Products
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 22:00
(Open Source Six Sigma: Scottsdale, Arizona) -- Open Source Six Sigma recently announced six new products in addition to their popular DMAIC v8.1, including the individual define, measure, analyze, improve and control phases as stand-alone… Nexergy Managers Earn Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 22:00
Mitch Matheny, top, and Jon Krug (Nexenergy: Columbus, Ohio) -- Nexergy, a designer, integrator, and manufacturer of battery packs and chargers, recently announced that two of its manufacturing…
