Setting Standards
Standardized procedures help the team at SSMIHT improve cost efficiency, customer satisfaction, and patient outcomes
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FDA’s New Mexico City Post to Foster Improved US-Mexico Safety Standards
In an effort to improve safety in the US by working with regulatory partners overseas its, the FDA has announced the opening of a post in Mexico City–the agency’s third in Latin America.
Read MoreThe Joint Commission Appoints New Laboratory Executive Director
The Joint Commission (JC) announces the appointment of a new executive director of its Laboratory Accreditation Program, Jennifer F. Rhamy, MBA, MA, MT (ASCP), SBB, HP.
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The Advantages of DQM
Data Quality Management (DQM) is the newest name for a process that has been around for a very long time. DQM is a technique for authenticating, maintaining, and disseminating accurate, comprehensive data vital in medical equipment inventories and for quality control administration. I label DQM as a simple mathematical equation: Garbage in equals garbage out. […]
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Patient Safety
24×7 looks back at the impact of the Institute of Medicine’s report “To Err Is Human” and the advances in patient safety over the past decade. James P. Bagian, MD, PE Bruce Hyndman, MSBE, PE” When the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) ground-breaking report “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System” was released in […]
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