(SOA: Schaumburg, IL) -- Findings from a new study commissioned by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and completed by consultants with Milliman Inc. estimate that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008.

(EtQ: Farmindale, NY) -- EtQ LLC announces its production part approval process (PPAP) module as part of its latest release, Reliance 7.1. EtQ’s PPAP module provides a collaboration process to efficiently manage the flow of information between a vendor and a customer on product design.

(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently released Quality Compass 2010: Commercial, the nation’s leading database of comparable information on clinical performance and patient experience for 404 commercial health plan products serving 94 million covered

(League for Innovation in the Community College: Phoenix) -- The League for Innovation in the Community College will hold its first STEMtech conference Oct. 31–Nov. 3 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

(Institute for Supply Management: Tempe, AZ) -- The third-annual Sustainability and Social Responsibility (SSR) Conference will take place Nov. 4–5 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, at the Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort.

(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Designed with production personnel in mind, the new Digimar 816 CL Height Gage from M

(Strategic Vision Inc.: San Diego) -- Strategic Vision Inc. (SVI) announced results of their 2010 Total Quality Index (TQI), which shows how vehicles are judged when the “complete” experience is measured.

As many as 14.6 million Americans are unemployed, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

(Iowa Central Community College: Fort Dodge, IA) -- Don Heck has heard a lot of talk about making Iowa the “renewable energy capital of the world,” and he thinks he’s found a way to help.