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HHS to Promote Electronic Health Records Standards
Tue, 06/26/2007 - 22:00
(DHHS: Washington) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt recently announced that the United States will participate in an international effort to encourage more rapid development and worldwide adoption of standard clinical… Washington State Quality Awards to Host Baldrige Regional Conference
Mon, 06/25/2007 - 22:00
(The Baldrige National Quality Program: Seattle, Washington) --The Baldrige National Quality Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, based in Washington, D.C., announced recently that the Washington State Quality… Inspections Won’t End Food Contamination
Mon, 06/25/2007 - 22:00
(ASQ: Milwaukee) Eliminating outbreaks of food-borne illness is possible but it won’t happen by increasing inspections alone, say food safety experts in the latest Quarterly Quality Report from the American Society for Quality. The answer… ISO Launches IT Self-Assessment Tool
Mon, 06/25/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO has launched a new self-assessment tool on CD to help organizations ensure an effective and smooth-running IT environment through implementation of the ISO/IEC 19770-1 standard on software asset management.The CD “ISO/… Mazda First in Auto Bild’s “Quality Report”
Mon, 06/25/2007 - 22:00
(Mazda: Hiroshima, Japan) -- Auto Bild, Germany’s largest car magazine, has ranked Mazda in first place in its highly respected “Quality Report” for 2007, which was published this month. This was the third straight year that Mazda has… WCBF’s Big One
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 22:00
(WCBF: Chicago) -- Worldwide Convention and Business Forums is gearing up for its Global Six Sigma Summit, Oct. 23–26, at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. With a forecast attendance of more than 400 senior executives from… Lean Six Sigma Lowers Army’s Costs
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 22:00
(U.S. Army: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Army’s ongoing implementation of lean Six Sigma (LSS) techniques, as embodied in the Army Business Transformation Strategic Framework, continues to show success, and leaders anticipate reaching a… Syracuse University, Brambles Partner to Bring Six Sigma Certification to Students
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 22:00
(Syracuse University: Syracuse, New York) -- Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management is joining with Brambles Ltd. of Australia to develop a curriculum for a new three-credit course on Six Sigma. The new course, to be… ASQ Honors Richard E. Dauch
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 22:00
(American Axle & Manufacturing: Detroit) -- Richard E. Dauch, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of American Axle & Manufacturing, received the American Society for Quality, Automotive Division, 2007 Quality Leader of the Year Award in… Online Tool Pinpoints Target Areas for Health Care Improvement in U.S. States
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 22:00
(AHRQ: Washington) -- An online tool recently released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality condenses 129 quality measures into state-specific data that state governments can use to focus their efforts to improve health care…
