Health Care Quality Professionals: Meet Twitter
Twitter is not at all what I expected. After a few months, I now use Twitter to improve my knowledge in health care quality, expand my professional network, and save time.
Pay-for-Performance Targets Do Not Improve Patient Health
Pay-for-performance targets set for general practitioners in the United Kingdom are failing to improve the health of patients with high blood pressure, according to a joint study funded by U.K., U.S., and Canadian research organizations.
ASQ Celebrates 65 Years of Quality
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, celebrates 65 years of providing insights, ideas, and tools to advance the global quality community.
LRQA Accredited to Certify Food-Safety Scheme
(LRQA: Coventry, UK) -- Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) has been accredited to certify companies to FSSC 22000, a complete certification scheme for food-safety management systems.
Tripartite Agreement Signed on U.S.-China Standards Collaboration
As President Barack Obama met with President Hu Jintau of China earlier this month, members and staff of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) welcomed a delegation from the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), led by SAC administrator, Ji Zhengk
Digi-TEST II Durometer Offers New Design and Features
(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- The Digi-TEST II hardness measurement system from Qualitest USA LC comes with many easy-to-use features and important engineering advances that allow for quick handling and user-friendly operation.
Miniature Piezoelectric Force Sensor Ideal for Modal Analysis, Process Control
(Dytran Instruments: Chatsworth, CA) -- Dytran Instruments Inc.
SPI Precision Measurement Products Now Sold by MSC Industrial Direct
(MSC Industrial Direct: Melville, NY) -- With precision, quality, and value in mind, MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., the country’s leading supplier of cost-down metalworking solutions, presents the Swiss Precision Instruments (SPI) brand of precision measurement products.
Cancel That
It seems every day we view “breaking news” reports on television or read about a particular event in the paper that catches our attention.
How Liquids Behave
In a finding that has met with surprise and some controversy in the scientific community, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and elsewhere have discovered a basic property that governs the way water and many other liquids behave as thei