Study: Hospital Quality Efforts Work
Mon, 04/04/2005 - 22:00
A recent study shows that hospital administrators are heeding advice to integrate and embrace quality improvement efforts.Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine interviewed 100 directors from a randomly selected cross-section of all acute-care… RABQSA, NQI Partner to Boost Canadian Certification
Mon, 04/04/2005 - 22:00
RABQSA International and the National Quality Institute of Canada have joined forces to promote personnel training and certification throughout Canada. The agencies will temporarily allow people and organizations currently registered to standards by… Baldrige Award Discussion Announced
Mon, 04/04/2005 - 22:00
A consultant who helped Xerox Business Services win a Baldrige Award will be speaking about organizational performance improvement at an upcoming seminar. John Lawrence, a consultant and former senior executive at two Fortune 500 companies, will… Medical Practitioners Lack Quality Management Knowledge
Mon, 04/04/2005 - 22:00
A new book concludes that medical practitioners need a better grasp of quality management principles, methods, programs, systems and experiences. The issue is the topic of a recently published book, Core Curriculum for Medical Quality Management, (… No-Cost Supply Chain Benchmarking Now Available
Mon, 03/28/2005 - 22:00
APQC and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals are collaborating to provide no-cost supply chain measurements for benchmarking. The organizations developed and are promoting online supply chain surveys as a reliable and cost-effective… New SPC Software Released
Mon, 03/28/2005 - 22:00
Northwest Analytical Inc. recently released an updated version of its flagship NWA Quality Analyst SPC suite. The solution allows manufacturers to more easily analyze process data to identify process improvements and execute quality initiatives such… Hospitals Partner on Quality Improvement
Mon, 03/28/2005 - 22:00
Several Ohio health agencies are mounting an effort to improve the quality of health care in the state.Greater Cincinnati Health Council and 17 of its member hospitals will partner with the Ohio Hospital Association to launch the Greater Cincinnati… Rath & Strong Introduces New Six Sigma Pocket Guide
Mon, 03/28/2005 - 22:00
Rath & Strong recently released a new pocket guide for practitioners of GE Work-Out, a methodology that helps improve Six Sigma and lean projects. GE Work-Out was developed by General Electric as a companion to already-established quality… ACSI Indicates Sagging e-Government Satisfaction
Mon, 03/28/2005 - 22:00
User satisfaction with federal e-government Web sites leveled off after nine months of steady improvement, according to the latest quarterly findings of the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The new data shows a slight decline to an aggregate… Mexico to Host ISO 9001 Workshop
Mon, 03/28/2005 - 22:00
An international workshop to help local governments implement quality management systems based on ISO 9001 will be held May 22–23 in Veracruz, Mexico. The aim of the meeting is to produce an international workshop agreement (IWA) to allow more-rapid…