(AHRQ: Rockville, MD) -- States are seeing improvements in health care quality, but disparities for their minority and low-income residents persist, according to 2010 State Snapshots, a web-based resource recently released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Minitab Inc., the leading provider of software for quality improvement, is offering a free online training session on using fishbone diagrams to facilitate structured brainstorming for lean Six Sigma projects.

(Kistler: Farmington Hills, MI) -- Kistler, a worldwide supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced CoMo Injection Firmware software version 2.2.3, designed for greater functionality and e

(Micro-Epsilon: Ortenburg, Germany) -- The

(European Commission: Brussels, Belgium) -- Standards are a decisive tool in international competition. Consumers should not be obliged to change several chargers for their electronic devices. And a mass diffusion of electric cars will not happen without common standards for their recharge.

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of the global publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. announced a strategic alliance with CECity Inc.

(ISO 9000 Conference: Pittsburgh) -- The committee for the world’s leading conference on quality management systems (QMS) is looking for proposals for the 20th annual International ISO 9000 Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida, Feb.

I don’t know how I missed this gem, but on March 24, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a Warning Letter to Jonathan’s Sprouts Inc.

A lab, though it may seem quiet and insulated, can be as full of background noise as a crowded train station when you’re trying to catch announcements.

I greatly believe in training. I have been fortunate to work in businesses that also believed in having trained and qualified professionals in their organization.