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(United Fresh Produce Association: Washington) -- The top minds in specialty crop research will be on hand this spring at United Fresh 2011, May 2–5, in New Orleans. The annual convention and exposition of the United Fresh Produce Association will again feature posters on food safety, quality…
(United Fresh Produce Association: Washington) -- The top minds in specialty crop research will be on hand this spring at United Fresh 2011, May 2–5, in New Orleans. The annual convention and exposition of the United Fresh Produce Association will again feature posters on food safety, quality…
(NQF: Washington) -- The National Quality Forum (NQF) has announced that Norton Healthcare has been named the recipient of the 2011 NQF National Quality Healthcare Award for its exceptional organizational leadership and innovation to achieve quality improvement. The award will be presented in…
(NQF: Washington) -- The National Quality Forum (NQF) has announced that Norton Healthcare has been named the recipient of the 2011 NQF National Quality Healthcare Award for its exceptional organizational leadership and innovation to achieve quality improvement. The award will be presented in…
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have launched a new pilot program that will allow parallel evaluation of relevant development and manufacturing data components, known as Quality by Design (QbD), of new drug marketing…
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have launched a new pilot program that will allow parallel evaluation of relevant development and manufacturing data components, known as Quality by Design (QbD), of new drug marketing…
Leaders make things happen, but influential leaders go a step further by making a positive difference in organizations and in the lives of people who both serve and are served by the organization. That’s the premise of a new book from AHA Press, Influential Leadership: Change Your Behavior,…
Leaders make things happen, but influential leaders go a step further by making a positive difference in organizations and in the lives of people who both serve and are served by the organization. That’s the premise of a new book from AHA Press, Influential Leadership: Change Your Behavior,…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report. Based on data from 1,032 U.S. hospitals, the report provides results that hospitals can use as one basis for comparison in their efforts to…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report. Based on data from 1,032 U.S. hospitals, the report provides results that hospitals can use as one basis for comparison in their efforts to…
(Leap Technologies: Naperville, IL) -- On Wednesday, March 23, at the 2011 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, Carle Foundation Hospital’s chief operating officer John Snyder and Beth Edrington, director of internal consulting and performance improvement, will explain how Carle Foundation has used…
(U.S. FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that a consent decree of permanent injunction has been filed against McNeil-PPC and two of its officers for failing to comply with current Good Manufacturing Practices’ (cGMP) requirements as required by…
(American College of Physicians: Philadelphia) -- Four organizations representing more than 350,000 primary care physicians have released joint Guidelines for Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition and Accreditation Programs. The new guidelines—created by the American Academy of…
(Gemba Research LLC: Mukilteo, WA) -- Gemba Academy is celebrating its second anniversary and the release of its Leader Standard Work course by bringing back the most popular promotion Gemba Academy has ever done.
Specifically, between March 1 and March 31, anyone who purchases a six-month or a…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Presenting mathematical prerequisites in summary tables, the Handbook of Food Processing Modeling and Statistical Quality Control (CRC Press, 2011) explains fundamental techniques of mathematical modeling processes essential to the food industry.…
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- Co-written by a certified project management professional and a medical doctor, Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology (McGraw-Hill, 2011) demonstrates how to integrate project management principles with health care information technology to achieve…
(Hexagon Metrology: Cobham, United Kingdom) -- Hexagon Metrology, the world’s largest metrology group, has significantly enhanced its capabilities by entering into a commercial cooperation with GE Measurement & Control Solutions. This collaboration will see the first computed tomography system…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- During about 30 percent of all heart attacks, people experience no symptoms. However, unmistakable signs of the attack remain in the bloodstream for days. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers, working with Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH)…
President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins in October, includes funds to keep the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) ticking over, after a fashion, for another year. The $7.7 million currently on the table is less than the $9.9 million he requested and…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global not-for-profit association of 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, released the GAMP Good Practice Guide: A Risk-Based Approach to GxP Process Control Systems…
(DocLineUp: New York) -- DocLineUp, a leading provider of enterprise-level document management software, has announced the new release and breakthrough pricing on the DocLineUp Document Management System for Medical Device Manufacturers. The system is available immediately and at less than $10,000—…
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced a new option to deliver its VisionView operator interface to third-party CE panels. VisionView CE software can now be licensed and installed directly onto Rockwell and Siemens CE panels, allowing end-users to use existing equipment and…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- Attendees of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering’s (ISPE) 2011 Tampa Conference on Applying Solutions to Emerging Industry Challenges will have the chance to learn firsthand about the implications of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) newly updated “…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global not-for-profit association of 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, will offer seven training courses, including sessions focusing on biotechnology and good manufacturing…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a world leader in serving science, will showcase its new informatics offerings within booth No. 2835 at the annual conference and exposition on laboratory science, PITTCON, being held from March 13–18 at the…