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(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…
Pay-for-performance targets set for general practitioners in the United Kingdom are failing to improve the health of patients with high blood pressure, according to a joint study funded by U.K., U.S., and Canadian research organizations.
The study, which presents the strongest evidence yet that…
(LRQA: Coventry, UK) -- Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) has been accredited to certify companies to FSSC 22000, a complete certification scheme for food-safety management systems. Food safety is a global concern, not only because of the importance for public health, but also because of…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) – On Jan. 4, President Obama signed into law one of the most comprehensive changes to U.S. food safety since the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Food Safety Modernization Act gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and related government agencies the…
Electron microscopes are among the most widely used scientific and medical tools for studying and understanding a wide range of materials, from biological tissue to miniature magnetic devices, at tiny levels of detail. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
(National Quality Forum: Washington) -- Two new studies by the National Quality Forum (NQF) are designed to promote future work in clinical decision support (CDS) and expand the understanding of the benefits of health information technology (HIT) tools on care delivery.
The reports “lay the…
On Dec. 21, 2010, the U.S. Congress passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the first major food safety measure in the United States in more than 60 years. Given the recent and frequent deadly food-borne illness outbreaks, this is welcome news to many Americans. A food safety expert with the…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Steady or improving customer satisfaction with several types of financial services is not enough to overcome the customer satisfaction challenges of the health insurance industry, according to a recent report released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The…
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has introduced a new web resource called FDA Basics for Industry to help companies and others save time and resources in their interactions with the agency. The website includes basic information about the regulatory process,…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- With the Jan. 4 signing of the Food Safety Modernization Act, the most significant update in American food safety was passed into law since the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938. This new law authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to increase…
U.S. health care organizations, from multihospital systems to rural community health centers, are gearing up for the challenge of their times: the effect of health care reform on how they care for patients and how they run their operations. Future health care organizations will need to find a way…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- As part of its 2011 conference, “Applying Solutions to Emerging Industry Challenges,” the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global, nonprofit association of more than 22,000 professionals, will feature eight educational sessions designed to help…
(Harvard Medical School: Boston) -- Researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMA) and Massachusetts General Hospital have found wide disparities among four common measures of hospitalwide mortality rates, with competing methods yielding both higher and lower-than-expected rates for the same…
(URAC: Washington) -- URAC, a leading health care accreditation and education organization, has released revisions to three products within its suite of Pharmacy Quality Management Accreditation programs. These revisions are part of organization’s commitment to regular comprehensive review of its…
Most Massachusetts physician groups are using results from a statewide patient survey to help improve patient experiences, but a significant number are not making use of the information or are making relatively limited efforts, according to a new RAND Corp. study.
Although physician…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- From newborns switched in the nursery to medication mix-ups and hospital-acquired infections, we are all familiar with the horror stories about hospital safety. The safety issue in U.S. hospitals has become so profound and embedded, that we cannot hope to fix it…
(Vinca LLC: Eden Prairie, MN) -- Quality systems professionals at Vinca LLC have outlined the steps to use in developing quality management systems with clients. The first step they recommend is to complete a thorough project plan.
An effective plan must begin with solid information about what…
(EAGLE Food Registrations: Dayton, OH) -- EAGLE Food Registrations Inc., specializing in third-party certification to international management system standards, announced it will begin certifying companies to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Ethical Sourcing Standard on Jan. 3.
SQF Ethical Sourcing…