Process improvement in surgery

Improving quality through process change: a scoping review of process improvement tools in cancer surgery

BACKGROUND Surgery is a cornerstone of treatment for malignancy. However, significant variation has been reported in patterns and quality of cancer care for important health outcomes, including perioperative mortality. Surgical process improvement tools (SPITs) have been developed that focus on enhancing the processes of care at the point of care, as a means of quality improvement. This study d...

Software Process Improvement In Bangladesh

There is no alternative other than improving software process to achieve high quality in a software development organization. Bangladeshi software companies have not experienced much in this particular area in comparison to its neighboring countries like India. For this reason, Bangladesh is loosing its software business market in a highly competitive global perspective. This paper focuses on t...

Software Process Improvement in Geant4

Applying a Software Process Improvement (SPI) program to GEANT4 [1] represents a rather challenging task, both in terms of software development and organisational matters. The complexity of the software involved, the wide areas of application of the software product, the huge amount of code and Category complexity, and the size and distributed nature of the Collaboration itself are all ingredie...

Process capability improvement of an engine connecting rod machining process

Statistical process control is an excellent quality assurance tool to improve the quality of manufacture and ultimately scores on end-customer satisfaction. SPC uses process monitoring charts to record the key quality characteristics (KQCs) of the component in manufacture. This paper elaborates on one such KQC of the manufacturing of a connecting rod of an internal combustion engine. Here th...

Process Integration and Improvement