QD Launches Video-enhanced Web Site
(Quality Digest: Chico, California) -- Be sure to check out the new, fully redesigned Quality Digest homepage and web site.
Boosting Health Care Quality
Walk into many stores and you’re bound to be impressed by the quality of digital cameras, TVs, cell phones, and other consumer electronics. Every year the quality of these devices improves by leaps and bounds, and consumers often pay less as products improve.
IBM—Redefining Value, Engaging Consumers
(IBM: Armonk, New York) -- IBM’s vision statement, "Healthcare 2015 and Care Delivery: Delivery models refined, competencies" defined calls for
ASQ Webinar: Physician Profiles—Effect on Quality
(American Society for Quality: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- Physician profiles are becoming an integral part of hospital appointment, reappointment, and
ASQ Aims to Help Defuse Health Care Checklist Controversy
(American Society for Quality: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- The American Society for Quality has submitted guidelines to the Office of Human Research Pro
ANSI Seeks Anticounterfeiting Proposal Comments
(ANSI: New York) -- The Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) has submitted a new work item proposal to the International Organization for Standardization for a standard on performanc
NCQA Updates Physician and Hospital Quality Program
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently released standards that updated its voluntary Physician and Hospital Quality (PHQ) program, an assessment of how health plans measure and report on the quality and cost of physicians and hospitals.
Business Innovation Conference Is a First
Business, academia, and government will assemble for the Business Innovation Conference at Illinois Institute of Technology in Wheaton, Illinois, September 8–10, 2008.
Gas Prices Affect Expos
The price of petroleum fuels has affected attendance at regional manufacturing expos by quality professionals.