Learning from Medical Mistakes
Wed, 02/06/2008 - 22:00
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Rockville, MD) -- According to a new study funded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, most doctors’ think that current systems to report and share… “Spanning the Quality Chasm” Conference
Wed, 02/06/2008 - 22:00
(AQHA: Washington, D.C.) -- The annual American Quality Health Association meeting will be held in San Francisco, California, Feb. 26–28, 2008. National health care leaders from quality improvement organizations, the Centers for Medicare and… Lumetra Program Improves Diabetes Care Among Latinos
Wed, 02/06/2008 - 22:00
(Lumetra: San Francisco) -- Investing in culturally-appropriate, community-based interventions substantially improved rates of A1C testing among Latinos with diabetes, according to a new study published in the February American Journal of Public… Health Reform in Kazakhstan
Wed, 02/06/2008 - 22:00
(World Bank: Astana, Kazakhstan) -- The World Bank’s board of executive directors recently approved a US$117.7 million loan for the Kazakhstan Health Sector Technology Transfer and Institutional Reform Project. The project will introduce… Complimentary Statistical Analysis Software for Global Academia
Tue, 02/05/2008 - 22:00
(Systat Software Inc.: Chicago) -- Systat Software Inc., a developer and supplier of award-winning scientific software and services, has launched MYSTAT 12, a freely downloadable statistical analysis software package designed specifically for… PowerSteering Declares Moratorium on Politics of Project Selection
Tue, 02/05/2008 - 22:00
(PowerSteering: Cambridge, Massachusetts) --PowerSteering, an on-demand, enterprise project portfolio management (PPM) software used to manage Six Sigma, information technology, product development and other enterprise initiatives, has… ARDEC Embraces New Office Culture
Tue, 02/05/2008 - 22:00
(Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey) -- The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has set a standard for government agencies through its recent achievement of being the first Department of Defense organization to… Proposed Toy Safety-Assurance Program
Mon, 02/04/2008 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- A working group of safety experts and industry, government, and consumer leaders moved forward recently with the development of a proposed new safety-assurance program for toys.The proposal has been developed by a working group… ISO/IEC Guide Metrology Published
Mon, 02/04/2008 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization and its partner International Electrotechnical Commission have published a new guide on the vocabulary of metrology, the science of measurement and its application.ISO/IEC Guide 99:… New ISO/IEC Guide to Help Consumers Get What They Want
Mon, 01/28/2008 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new ISO/IEC guide to developing service standards for consumers will benefit standards developers and be of value to service providers in reducing customer complaints and cutting the business costs of poor service.ISO/IEC Guide…