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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Baldrige National Quality Program (BNQP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects suggestions throughout the year on opportunities for improving the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, the Malcolm Baldrige National…
(USP: Rockville, MD) -- A first-of-its kind collection of standards designed to assist dietary supplements manufacturers in providing quality products to consumers is being released today by the United States Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention. The USP Dietary Supplements Compendium (DSC) will also…
(FDA: Rockville, MD) -- Michael R. Taylor, J.D., a nationally recognized food safety expert and research professor at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services, will return to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to serve as senior advisor to the…
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a systematic analysis technique that facilitates the identification of potential problems (failure modes) within a design or manufacturing process. Problems can then be ranked in order of importance to prioritize improvement actions. These actions are…
(AHRQ: Rockville, MD) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) annual release of state-by-state quality data continues to give mixed reviews for the quality of care that states provide. As in previous years, AHRQ's 2008 State Snapshots show that no state does well or poorly on all…
(Intertek: Boxborough, MA) -- Intertek, a leading global provider of quality and safety solutions, is working with medical device manufacturers who are currently under pressure to stay compliant under widespread changes to EU regulations.
The European Union has published a revision to its…
(NCQA: Washington) -- Beginning in 2010, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) will publicly report on health plans' resource use for patients with diabetes and asthma. The reporting of these two relative resource use (RRU) measures will allow purchasers and consumers to compare…
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers presents a new book from Michael J. Termini, Concept to Customer: Portfolio, Pipeline, and Strategic Project Management (SME, 2009). Termini wrote Concept to Customer in response to the many questions from project managers and novices who have sought his…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Senior leaders from the three organizations selected for the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, as well as representatives from past award recipients, will share their best practices and results at one-day regional conferences on Sept. 15 in Milwaukee, and…
(EtQ Inc.: Farmingdale, NY) -- EtQ Inc. has announced enhanced features in the latest release of its web-based enterprise system for quality, compliance, and environmental health and safety management, Reliance 6.2.
EtQ Reliance 6.2 incorporates enhanced features and utilities including…
(Dyadem: Toronto, Canada) -- Dyadem recently upgraded its Stature enterprise risk management platform. Stature 4.0 will enable Dyadem’s customers to make more informed and strategic decisions about the production processes and products they manage.
The Stature platform is built on the…
(GE: Billerica, MA) -- The CRxFlex is the latest addition to the suite of digital radiography conversion options from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. Reliable and versatile, the CRxFlex provides superior image quality making it the right choice for flaw detection in welds, cast parts,…
It started slowly but surely. With the slump of the U.S. economy, companies started downsizing first by the dozens, then by the hundreds. Today, thousands of organizations across the country have in one way or another had to perform some kind of cost-cutting measure.
And as unemployment started…
(CPM Marketing Group: Madison, WI) -- CPM Marketing Group Inc., developer of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for health care providers, announced the launch of its Physician Relationship Management System. This is the first provider-specific system designed to assist hospitals in…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, WI) -- A new three-part webinar series—Journey to Excellence—spotlights nine health care organizations and their use of the Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria to drive organizational transformation. Based on the recently published book by Kathleen J. Goonan, MD;…
The international quality standard, ISO 22000—"Food safety management systems—Requirements for any organization in the food chain" ensures that no matter how many times food changes hands, the food products, according to their intended use, are safe for the consumer. Published in September 2005,…
(LRQA: Coventry, UK) -- This free, live two-hour webinar will be held on July 1, 2009, and will take place twice—at 09:30 and 17:30, UK time—to account for global time zones. The content is the same for both times.
Following up on from the initial LRQA Food Safety Webinar in April, 2009, this…
(Labtronics: Guelph, ON) -- Labtronics Inc. announces the release of LimsLink 4.1 SP1, a service pack for LimsLink 4.1 users that delivers the latest updates and enhancements for LimsLink, Labtronics’ configurable solution for integrating laboratory instruments.
“At Labtronics we believe in…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- Sparta Systems Inc. recently announced the availability of TrackWise Clinical Quality Management Solution, providing an end-to-end system that streamlines the oversight of business-critical clinical trial processes and helps ensure compliance with global regulatory…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Learn how to maximize your investment in InfinityQS by attending its third annual user conference. Infusion 2009 features a new three-track format to empower you with the tools and skills you need to help your business save time and money.
Hear from InfinityQS…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- Sparta Systems Inc., the maker of TrackWise software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, has outlined its recommendations to help companies prepare for electronic Medical Device Reporting (eMDR), the expected regulation…
(GE: Fairfield, CT) – GE announced, as part of its healthymagination initiative to increase technology access and reduce costs, the launch of Stimulus Simplicity, a program offering doctors and hospitals an easier path to electronic medical records (EMR) adoption. This program, a joint offering of…
(NAHQ: Gleview, Illinois) -- To improve the safety of laboratory medicine, the National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed six preferred practices for measuring and reporting patient safety and communication in laboratory medicine. The preferred practices focus specifically on improving quality…
This is the second report from the author, who is currently working in Afghanistan. Don’t miss his first article, “Ensuring Quality in a War Zone.”
--Editor
They told us the road was clear. They didn’t say it was safe; it was a dirt road that ran seven kilometers through the district of Shah…
(Innovmetric: Québec, Canada) -- The growing popularity of 3-D digitizers, such as laser scanners, white-light digitizers, portable CMMs, and laser trackers, has opened the door to a wide array of new applications in the manufacturing world. These new tools have helped thousands of companies to…