Minitab Launches Quality Companion 2 for Six Sigma Professionals.

PR Newswire;  August 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......project. Quality Companion 2 simplifies...involved in quality improvement, and helps...from their quality improvement programs. Quality Companion helps companies...resources into quality improvement, and Quality Companion helps ensure...

Minitab Releases Quality Companion 2.2 Update for Six Sigma Professionals.

PR Newswire;  March 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......professionals face and evolving Quality Companion as fast as we can to meet...deliver maximum results. Quality Companion 2.2 contains more than...New forms available in Quality Companion 2.2 include 5S Audit...list of what's new in Quality Companion 2.2 is available at: ...

Making quality improvement easy.(Supplier Showcase)(Minitab's tools...

Quality;  December 1, 2004 ;     491 words ...Today's quality improvement projects need to be...also offer Minitab Quality Companion[R] to help professionals...specially designed for quality improvement projects. Its state-of-t...Six Sigma and other quality professionals. Minitab Quality Companion is a fully ...

Process management software. (Product Review: Advertisement).(Minitab...

R & D;  February 1, 2003 ;     93 words ...Minitab Quality Companion integrates. the soft tools needed for any process...easy-to-use software package. Completely customizable, Quality Companion can be installed on a network drive, allowing...individual and group access to projects. Used together, Quality Companion and Minitab ...

Quality Companion 2.2.(NEW PRODUCTS)

Scientific Computing;  May 1, 2007 ;     72 words ...Quality Companion 2.2 is an update to the process improvement software that specifically helps professionals implement Six Sigma, from determining...

Development of quality improvement program a worthwhile goal

Dermatology Times;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......LEXINGTON, KY. - Implementation of a quality improvement program is important so dermatologists...care, said William P. Davey, M.D. Quality improvement takes a fresh look at quality assurance...individual's performance. In contrast, quality improvement attempts to correct or prevent ...

Management of quality improvement: An empirical study

Engineering Management Journal;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......is an important part of the quality improvement process. Nevertheless management practices in quality improvement projects have not received...between management practices and quality improvement performance. The findings...

Knowledge Development, Quality Improvement, and Research Ethics

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......have been made through research and quality improvement activities. Scientists are involved...activities often are referred to as quality improvement projects. While quality improvement and research projects both rely on...

RESEARCH AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: DRAWING LINES IN THE GREY ZONE

Prehospital Emergency Care;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......this requirement to studies using quality improvement data. The typical question is...collected as a part of our ongoing quality improvement processes, and not as part of any...difficulty with differentiating quality improvement activities from research is neither...

Making quality improvement a priority.(Guest Editorial)

Skin & Allergy News;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......assurance--it needs to be about quality improvement. An inspection of quality issues...in the setting of medical error. Quality improvement, therefore, is the science of process...reduction of health care costs. The quality improvement process begins with the Plan-Do...

A study of quality improvement practices in the transportation industry

Journal of Business Logistics;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......transportation companies to implement formal quality improvement programs. Quality improvement efforts in manufacturing have received...Limited attention has been given to quality improvement strategies of transportation companies...

The Quality Improvement Handbook: Team Guide to Tools and Techniques

Quality Progress;  April 1, 1996 ;     463 words ...The Quality Improvement Handbook: Team Guide to Tools...tools and techniques needed by quality improvement teams to solve problems and...included in the book. Although quality improvement tools and techniques have...

Sen. Hatch Introduces Medicare Quality Improvement Organization...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......R-Utah, has introduced the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of...Social Security Act to modernize the quality improvement organization (QIO) program." The...the legislation follows:Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of...

Rep. Burgess Introduces Medicare Quality Improvement Organization...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......R-Texas, has introduced the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of...Social Security Act to modernize the quality improvement organization (QIO) program." The...the legislation follows:Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of...

Improving QIOs; Control of regulatory role at center of debate.(Institute...

Modern Healthcare;  March 13, 2006 ;     533 words ......its own solutions for revamping quality improvement organizations, which are under fire...Medicare to extend performance and quality improvement initiatives to patients and providers...regulators to be involved in continuous quality improvement makes it difficult to have ...