In three years, 157 hospitals participating in the Premier health care alliance’s QUEST have saved an estimated 24,820 lives and reduced health care spending by nearly $4.5 billion.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- NVision Inc. is helping sculptor Somers Randolph gain additional revenue by laser scanning his creations and saving them as computer models, which can later be used to reproduce the original works at any size on a 3-D printer.

(PRI: Warrendale, PA) -- A recent report about engineering in the United Kingdom in 2012 notes that 63 percent of UK employers in manufacturing are already experiencing difficulty recruiting individuals with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills and knowledge.

(Sologic: Midland, MI) -- Apollo Associated Services, a provider of root cause analysis (RCA) training, software, and services for 20 years, has launched a new suite of RCA products and services, and changed its name to Sologic.

(StatSoft: Tulsa, OK) -- StatSoft, developer, manufacturer, and distributor of analytic and quality improvement software, announces that its STATISTICA release has achieved certified integration with the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.

(Hexagon: Cobham, UK) -- Hexagon has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of MicroSurvey Software Inc., a leading Canadian-based developer of surveying and mapping software for the land surveying, construction, and forensic markets.

(PerfectPart: Auburn Hills, MI) -- PerfectPart, a developer of assembly-performance management solutions has released PerfectPart v. 4.0, the industry’s first software appliance designed specifically to improve quality and enable traceability in manual assembly manufacturing operations.

(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- The ATOS Compact Scan from Capture 3D—who designs, manufactures, supports, and provides the services of 3-D industrial measurement solutions—provides accurate scans with detailed resolution at high s

(ISPE: Tampa, FL) – The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has released a new industry guidance document, Project Management for the Pharmaceutical Indus

(Carl Zeiss: Munich, Germany) -- Light Lab, the first accompanying app for ZEN 2011 imaging software from Carl Zeiss, is now available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Light Lab supplements the ZEN 2011 controlling and image-processing software functions within the experimental lab workflow.