Developing methods of controlling quality costs

Controlling health costs and improving health care quality for retirees.

Quality and methods of developing practice guidelines

BACKGROUND It is not known whether there are differences in the quality and recommendations between evidence-based (EB) and consensus-based (CB) guidelines. We used breast cancer guidelines as a case study to assess for these differences. METHODS Five different instruments to evaluate the quality of guidelines were identified by a literature search. We also searched MEDLINE and the Internet t...

Controlling information technology costs.

Health care executives are increasingly frustrated by Information Technology (IT). Although our industry is often accused of underinvesting in technology (hospitals average 2-3 percent of their costs in IT, compared to other industry's 8-10 percent), when IT investments are made, they fail to reflect demonstrable return to the bottom line. Yet the effective deployment of technology is so critic...

Quality Costs in Clinical Laboratory

Introduction: The concept quality cost for all clinical laboratories perform routine and specialized tests of any size and scope has many applications. Familiarity of managers and employees of clinical laboratories with quality cost concept prevent wasted resources and offers laboratory services with high quality to physicians, patients, and other internal and external customers with reasonable...

Understanding and Controlling Software Costs

Section 2, the main portion of the paper, discusses the two primary ways of understanding software costs. The "black-box" or influence-function approach provides useful experimental and observational insights on the relative software productivity and quality leverage of various management, technical, environmental, and personnel options. The "glass-box" or cost distribution approach helps ident...