Book: <em>Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox</em>
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox—How Great Brands Invent and Launch New Products, Services, and Business Models, by G. Michael Maddock, Luisa C.
Event: Patient Safety Executive Development Program
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- More than a decade of eye-opening mortality and morbidity studies have steadily increased awareness of the medical errors and defects in care that are heavily embedded in health care delivery.
Event: Eighth Annual Medical Device Quality Congress
(FDAnews: Falls Church, VA) -- Register today for the Eighth Annual Medical Device Quality Congress, scheduled for June 8–9, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland.
Webinar: “Design of Experiments Out of the Classroom”
Teaching design of experiments (DOE) to students is not an easy task. It is difficult to simulate the entire effort within the constraints of a classroom. You can teach the analysis with software, but this is not enough to really gain an understanding of DOE.
Negative-Stiffness Optical Table Isolation System
(Kinetic Systems: Boston) -- Kinetic Systems has designed a versatile, ultra-low-natural-frequency optical table isolation support system.
Social Media: Not Just for Kids Anymore
(ZweigWhite: Fayetteville, AR) -- In an era where creativity, reputation, and interconnectivity are highly desirable, more design firm leaders are turning to social media to strut their stuff, according to an informal online survey held by The Zweig Letter.
Low-Cost Video Borescope Introduced
(Advanced Inspection Technologies: Melbourne, FL) -- The new Snakescope Video Borescope is portable and handheld, and can snake through areas as small as 5.5 mm (0.216 in.).
Patient Experience Is Top Priority
The Beryl Institute released a report highlighting results from its recent patient-experience benchmarking study, conducted in collaboration with Catalyst Healthcare Research, an independent marketing research firm.
TÜV SÜD America Expands Scope of Greenhouse Gas Verification Services
(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America Inc. announces that the ANSI Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Validation/Verification Accreditation Committee (GVAC) has approved its extension of scope of accreditation for GHG verification services.
Standards Wars Workshop Spotlights Perspectives on Competition, Coordination
(ANSI: New York) -- Nearly 200 representatives of industry, standards and conformance organizations, government, and consumer groups gathered in Washington, D.C.—and 70 more tuned in via teleconference—for the May 12, 2011, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) workshop,