(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A book newly published by Quality Press, the publishing arm of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), sheds light on how a quality framework in compliance with standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) can have a major effect on improving quality within health care settings. The book, Using ISO 9001 in Healthcare: Applications for Quality Systems, Performance Improvement, Clinical Integration, and Accreditation is written by two health care quality experts: Dr. James Levett, chief medical officer at Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa; and Dr. Robert Burney, director of quality improvement for medical services for the U.S. State Department.

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