| Quality Digest

FDA Guidance Increases Drug Safety

(FDA: Rockville, Maryland) -- The U.S.

Pharmaceutical Industry Addresses Drug Contamination

(ASPEX: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) -- Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to join European and Australian authorities in the inspection of overseas drug manufacturing facilities, the pharmaceutical industry is re-examining its approach to quality control.

No News is <i>Not</i> Good News

In the Six Sigma world, we give a lot of lip service to the importance of the customer; we even have an official name for it—voice of the customer, or VOC.

Joint Commission Standards Revised

(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois) -- The Joint Commission’s revised standards, rationales, and elements of performance for 2009 are now available online.

ISO and IEC members OK DIS 29500

(ISO: Geneva) -- The two ISO and IEC technical boards have given the go-ahead to publish ISO/IEC DIS 29500, “Information technology—Office Open XML formats,” as an ISO/IEC international standard after appeals by four national standards bodies against the approval of the document failed to garner suf

Coalition Endorses NCQA Program

(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Physician and Hospital Quality (PHQ) program recently earned an important endorsement from a respected coalition of employer, consumer, and labor organizations.

Seniors Stay Safe

(ANSI: New York) -- A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that falls among the elderly, long known as a common source of injury for this population, can be reduced through a program of adjusting treatment, assessing risk, and educating patients.