to survive in today’s competitive environment, companies need continues improvement to achieve goals such as increasing the accuracy of targeting, improving product or service. however, there is no improvement guaranty without performance evaluation. an organization must assess current performance before embarking on any improvement. if it does not, it will have no baseline from which to determ...

background iran has a widespread diagnostics and clinical support services (dcss) network that plays a crucial role in providing diagnostic and clinical support services to both inpatient and outpatient care. however, very little is known on the application of quality assurance (qa) policies in dcss units. this study explores the extent of application of eleven qa strategies in dcss units withi...

The paper describes the experiences of Dräger Medical Technology in the ESPRIT project PROFES (PROduct Focussed improvement For Embedded Software processes). Dräger has participated as an application provider (industry partner) in the PROFES project and has implemented a software process improvement programme with the goal to improve product quality in the main areas of product reliability, fit...

Software architecture derivation and evaluation are complex and error prone activities that still represent an open problem with many challenges and opportunities where model-driven software development can play a leading role. In software product line development, the use of model-driven principles could help by providing a richer semantic representation of a product line and by capturing the ...

Understanding the contributions that the laboratory can make in product/process development, process improvement, market surveillance and general business is key to the pharmaceutical business today. Poor laboratory practice yields compliance issues, increased cost, increased cycle time and delayed product introductions. This paper covers key areas of customer satisfaction, the role of quality ...

For the new products, it is necessary to acquire new technologies to produce and process them. Mostly the product quality depends upon on the surface roughness, fatigue life improvement, corrosion resistance, aesthetics, precision fit of mating surfaces etc., because this affects on product quality. This paper provides literature review on machining parameters, such as cutting speed (Vc), feed ...

abstract background: one of the most important challenges of iranian health care system is “quality of care,” and it is assumed that motivated nurses are more ready to provide better care. there are limited studies investigating iranian nurses’ motivations; however, factors which motivate them have not been studied yet. identifying the motivating factors enables nurse managers to inspire nurses...

background: considering the role of laboratory tests as a central part of controlling health expenditure, this study intends to investigate laboratory tests overutilization in iran to pave the way for future interventions.   methods: inappropriate laboratory utilization was reviewed in a cross-sectional survey through the retrospective analysis of 384 medical records at a tertiary center. to pa...

The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) recently published their Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP [https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/legislation/CLIA/Individualized_Quality_Control_Plan_IQCP.html]), which will be the only option for quality control (QC) starting in January 2016 if laboratories choose not to perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) [U.S....