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Artificial intelligence’s capacity to process and analyze vast amounts of data has revolutionized decision-making processes, making operations in healthcare,
Control charts help to understand a process’s “personality,” know which questions to ask, when to intervene, and when to leave a process alone. Photo by Erik Kroon on Unsplash.
In less than two months we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the invention of the control chart, a tool most often associated with statistical process control (SPC). Considering SPC from our modern perspective made us ask, “Is SPC still relevant?”
An automated compliance management system can deliver staggering results, in some cases saving hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Photo by Anastasia Petrova on Unsplash.
Companies today implementing automated compliance management systems are motivated by a wide variety of factors.
Medical equipment is a necessary yet substantial investment for any health system.
The buzz has begun. ISO 9001 is being revised. There hasn’t been a revision in about 10 years, so it’s due—if not overdue. Still, there are individuals who don’t understand the justification or the purpose of the revision. After all, it’s a perfectly good standard.
The cost of poor quality can be devastating to business: Failed quality control costs manufacturers anywhere between
What do quality and productivity have to do with World War III, which we all hope will never happen? The answer is everything.
FDA product recalls are on the rise in the post-pandemic era. Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emphasizes the importance of being prepared for device recalls.
Implementing an automated compliance management solution is a mammoth undertaking with high stakes and potentially high returns for those who navigate the process successfully.
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In his Quality Digest article published in February 2023, Michael Mills1 reported that the next version of ISO 9001 will add to clause 4.1, “Understanding the organization and its context” the words, “the organization shall determine whether clima
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