(ASQ Old Pueblo Section: Tucson, AZ) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) Tucson Old Pueblo Section 0707 will sponsor a one-day conference to provide Arizona-based health care organizations with a forum to learn about and discuss the vast number of changes affecting the health care industry

(American Health Care Association: Washington) -- Following the release of a new national report from research firm Holleran Consulting that found little or no connection between a nursing home’s rating under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) controversial Five-Star Quality

(Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc.: Thornwood, NY) -- The Primo Star iLED microscope now available with three additional fluorescence attachments that allow users to work with different dyes such as FITC, Dapi, and Rhodamine/Cy 3.

Search the internet for “What is SPC?” and there are many definitions and descriptions of statistical process control that are correct but not complete. They are true but not the whole truth.

(NQF: Washington, DC) -- To continue improving health care quality through measurement and public reporting, the National Quality Forum (NQF) has identified and approved  criteria for evaluating composite measures.

(Lab Quality Confab: Spicewood, TX) -- Lab Quality Confab is an annual gathering dedicated to advancing the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of quality management practitioners in diagnostic medicine.

(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 Qual

(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.

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.

(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.