Health Officials Endorse National Accreditation for Public Health Departments
(ASTHO: Arlington, VA) -- The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) has launched the first national voluntary accreditation program for public health departments.
Hospital Employees Accrue Higher Health Costs Than General Workforce
(Thomson Reuters: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Health care spending is 10-percent higher for hospital employees than it is for the general employee population, according to a recent study by the health care business of Thomson Reuters.
IBM’s Watson on the Case Improving Health Care
(IBM: Armonk, NY) -- WellPoint Inc. and IBM announced an agreement to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology.
Quality System Inspection Technique (QSIT) Course Available
(STAT A MATRIX: Edison, NJ) -- Can your organization survive a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection? Are you aware of the different aspects of your business that the FDA will be inspecting?
New Pharmaceutical Quality Management Systems Auditor Certification Scheme
(IRCA: London) -- The International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) has launched a new Pharmaceutical Quality Management Systems (PQMS) Auditor certification scheme (ICH Q10), to support the assurance of global supply-chain integrity.
Medical Design & Manufacturing Online West Conference Agenda Announced
(UBM Canon: Los Angeles) -- The Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) Online conference focuses on issues critical to medical device development professionals—direct from your desktop.
ISPE to Present Conference Focused on GAMP Principles
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global, nonprofit association serving more than 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, will present a conference focused on good automated manufacturing practices (GAMP).
The ‘Teeth’ of FDA’s Food Safety Law
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama in January 2011, has been called “historic” because it puts the focus of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on prevention—working to ensure that unsafe foods are not distributed in the f
Patient Safety Executive Development Program
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- Now that the harm, cost, and prevalence of medical errors and defects in health care are getting the attention they deserve, improving patient safety and reliability has become a top priority in health care.
Webinar: 21 CFR Part 11 -- How to Prepare for and Host an FDA Inspection
(Compliance2go: Houston) -- More organizations are striving to “go green” and develop sustainable strategies, many of which involve using computer- and cloud-based technologies.