Laser-Based Contour Inspection of Cartons
(VITRONIC: Wiesbaden, Germany) -- VITRONIC, developer, manufacturer, and distributor of machine vision systems, presents VIPAC D2
<em>Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World</em>
(Jossey-Bass: Hoboken NJ) -- Drawing on the knowledge and experience of working with hundreds the world’s top social change leaders in all fields, in Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Inn
Using Enterprise Quality Measurement to Drive Business Value
Organizations understand the importance of measuring and tracking quality, particularly in product manufacturing. However, applying rigorous quality measurement on an enterprisewide scale, beyond manufacturing and service levels, is relatively new.
Let’s All Buy American
Lately, much has been discussed and written about buying products made only in America.
Using G-Whiz Charts to Track Elusive Affirmations from Almost Adolescents
I have a 12-year-old son. This is not a unique condition. And you might think that I would be well prepared for the associated challenges, having been a 12-year-old son myself at one time. But you’d be wrong.
New Medical Device Standard Puts Health Care at Risk
One of the greatest challenges that I have in discussing standards is trying to put things in a context so that all people affected by them can understand how they matter. So I want to start with a simple picture and a remarkable snapshot in time.
Providers and Patients Unsettled with Health Care Changes
Industry experts at Guidon Performance Solutions’ Second Annual Virtual Healthcare Summit agreed that health care organizations’ ability to survive their increasingly demanding and changing environment will require a new agility and adaptability.
Wireless, Self-Propelled Medical Device ‘Swims’ Through Bloodstream
For 50 years, scientists searched for the secret to making tiny implantable devices that could travel through the bloodstream. Engineers at Stanford University have demonstrated just such a device.
Outcomes-Based Evaluation System Will Be Used to Accredit Residency Programs
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has announced major changes in how the nation’s medical residency programs will be accredited in the years ahead, putting in place an outcomes-based evaluation system where the doctors of tomorrow will
An Elegantly Simple but Counterintuitive Approach to Analysis
For those of us practicing improvement in a medical culture, presenting this “funny new statistical way” of doing things to a physician audience triggers a predictable stated reason: “This isn’t in line with rigorous, double-blind clinical trial research.” And your r
