Continuous improvement is a core tenet of the quality enterprise, and measurement is necessary to gauge improvement. Therefore, there is a growing emphasis on measurement throughout the healthcare ...

Less than 2 decades after publication of the National Academy of Medicine's (formerly the Institute of Medicine) Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, quality ...

This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic evaluation ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Today's operational intelligence solutions miss the mark on the most essential thing: ...

The concept of quality culture and how to enforce it are being debated by regulators and industry, says Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel. Q: Various presenters at recent ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Software quality, as Churchill ...

Despite recommendations and the passage of legislation, there is little evidence that the quality of behavioral health has improved significantly over the last 10 years in the United States. Ten years ...

The choice of metrics used to measure the performance of a pharmaceutical operation are crucial, and should be systems oriented. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are expected to have a continuous ...

Sasha Shunk spends story time with the children in her home-based child care program in Portland, Maine. Credit: Courtesy Sasha Shunk The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

You'll have the chance to learn about Minot's water quality from Jason Sorenson with Public Works on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Main ...