2007 Information and Data Quality Conference
Mon, 07/30/2007 - 22:00
(IAIDQ: Lutz, Florida) -- The International Association for Information and Data Quality recently announced its 2007 Information & Data Quality Conference to be held Sept. 24–27, 2007, at The Palms Resort in Las Vegas. Registration is now… Measures Assessing Resource-Use Highlight HEDIS 2008
Mon, 07/30/2007 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- Five new measures of health care effectiveness were recently added to HEDIS, the most definitive set of health care quality measures in the United States.Among the additions unveiled today by the National Committee for… NCQA, Pfizer Promote Wellness
Tue, 07/24/2007 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance, in collaboration with Pfizer Inc., recently released a new publication profiling strategies and recommendations for improving the quality of care through wellness and prevention… Systech Offers Global Visibility and Serialization for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Tue, 07/24/2007 - 22:00
(Systech: Cranbury, New Jersey) -- Systech International Inc., a provider of packaging execution systems (PES) to the pharmaceutical industry, has introduced enhanced features to its plant-level server application, Systech Guardian. In… Tool for Clearer Ultrasound Images
Tue, 07/24/2007 - 22:00
(University of Virginia: Charlottesville, Virginia) -- University of Virginia Engineering School Associate Professor William F. Walker and Research Associate Francesco Viola have developed a new tool—an advanced imaging algorithm—that is… Jimmerson’s New Book Explores Lean in Health Care
Tue, 07/24/2007 - 22:00
(Productivity Press: New York) -- Why does the United States rank 36th of all industrialized nations in health care? Perhaps the rampant inefficiencies of the system can help explain this dismal placement. There are bright spots, however.… Call For Steering Committee Nominations:
National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Emergency Care
Tue, 07/24/2007 - 22:00
The National Quality Forum is seeking nominations for members of a steering committee for the initial phase of a project to endorse voluntary consensus standards on the quality of emergency care. All nominations must be submitted by 6:00 p.m. ET… New ISO Standard to Facilitate Traceability in Food Supply Chains
Mon, 07/23/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently took another step toward ensuring the safety of food products for consumers with its ISO 22005 standard on traceability in the feed and food chain, the latest… ASQ Quarterly Quality Report—Food Safety
Mon, 07/23/2007 - 22:00
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Public attention has been focused as perhaps never before on the safety of the food supply as a result of recent high-profile outbreaks of illness linked to various foods.According to the United States Centers for Disease… Sprint Culls Customer-Care Callers
Mon, 07/23/2007 - 22:00
Wireless customers who called too often to complain, fish for information about other customers, or otherwise take up the time of customer-care representatives at Sprint are finding themselves with a cancellation-of-services notice.Sprint, the…