Quality Matters

Quality Matters

The globalization of the medical device marketplace, combined with the growth of device software, has led to a signifi cant increase in software localization activity among device manufacturers (see sidebar for more on software localization). Though not yet a universal regulatory requirement, software localization has become an important competitive tool to gain access to foreign markets. As cl...

Research Quality Matters

This paper discusses issues that arise when considering what is meant by the expression ‘research quality’ in universities. Popular measures of research quality are often based on determining the quality of a published journal paper, or of using these to publish journal league tables based on the assumption that the journal quality represents the quality of the papers published by the journal. ...

Bone quality: understanding what matters.

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The Quality Matters

List of Abbreviations: EGP: Epidermal Growth Factor; FBS: Fetal Bovine Serum; FGF-2: Fibroblast Growth Factor-2; HGF-1: Hepatocyte Growth Factor-1; HSCs: Hematopoietic Stem Cells; IGF-1: Insulin-like Growth Factor; IL: Interleukin; MSCs: Mesenchymal Stem Cells; PBSCs: Peripheral Blood Stem Cells; PDGF: Platelet Derived Growth Factor; PRP: Platelet Rich Plasma; TGF-β: Transforming Growth Factor-...

ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS Quality collaboratives: lessons from research

Quality improvement collaboratives are increasingly being used in many countries to achieve rapid improvements in health care. However, there is little independent evidence that they are more cost effective than other methods, and little knowledge about how they could be made more effective. A number of systematic evaluations are being performed by researchers in North America, the UK, and Swed...