The Farmer and the Stork
A farmer was experiencing a serious problem with cranes eating his seed, so he decided to cast a net upon his fields in an attempt to capture the cranes. Along with the cranes, he snared a stork.
Cyber Security
This is the first of a new QualityInsider column that will discuss new practices, processes, tools, and lessons learned in what I think is the future of quality—risk management.
Cyber Security
This is the first of a new QualityInsider column that will discuss new practices, processes, tools, and lessons learned in what I think is the future of qualit
Topping Trees Is Risky and Expensive
(ANSI: New York) -- “Topping,” “hat-racking,” and “de-horning”—all names for a nonstandard pruning procedure that severely cuts back large trees—has long been considered an easy and inexpensive way to manage the size and improve the safety of mature trees.
Selection of Professional Services Firms Based on Pragmatism, Not Reputation
(EIU: London) -- Although professional services firms often rely on their reputation to attract customers, only 40 percent of respondents in a recent Economist Intelligence Unit survey consider reputation to be a key factor in choosing a professional services firm.
Best Practices in Communicating Clinical Trial Results Surveyed
(Best Practices LLC: Chapel Hill, North Carolina) -- The research findings in a recent report from Best Practices LLC are the culmination o
IBM and the SOA Strategy
(IBM: Armonk, New York) -- Through the use of service oriented architecture (SOA), health care providers, clinics, and hospitals are set to improve
Spending More and Getting Less
(AHRQ: Rockville, Maryland) -- According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) 2007 National Healthcare Quality Report an
Baby Boomers Could Swamp U.S. Health Care by 2017
(Tefen USA: New York) -- The imminent surge of more than 70 million aging baby boomers could overwhelm the U.S.
Lean Culture at Cardinal Division
Cardinal Health Alaris Products, which makes pumps and disposables used during infusions, was in critical shape in the late 1990s and needed to address improvement on all fronts.
