background: quality management is one of the most effective strategies for improving the health systems performance in developed and developing countries. the main goal of this study was identifying the most important aspects of quality management and preparing an appropriate model for health system. method: this research was a comparative study on quality management models in the health system...

This paper outlines some key elements of quality system standards ISO 9000 and their application to Information Technology and software development. Emphasis is put on the need for closed feedback loops in the organization which will provide a stable framework for effective quality management. Application of the generic ISO 9000 standards to software development has to take into account the spe...

The lifeblood of a business is developing and commercializing new products with minimum cost and time and maximum quality. Implementation of a quality management system is often used to achieve these goals, and the ISO 9001 standard for a business quality system is rapidly becoming the model of choice. The existence of an ISO-compliant system is a key to meeting the forthcoming regulatory requi...

During the 20th century understanding for quality has changed and international and national requirements for quality have been published. Therefore also medical branches started to establish quality management systems. Quality assurance has always been important for medical laboratories. Certification according to the standard ISO 9001 and accreditation according to the standard ISO 17025 have...

ISO/IEC 12207 training is a key element to provide an ability to software development organizations for selecting a set of required processes, measuring the performance of these processes, and continuously improving them. Traditionally, such training is either performed by an expert individual to the software quality management personnel most likely in form of a seminar in a classroom environme...

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2000) in gas processing plants of National Iranian Gas Company using balanced scorecard approach. More specifically, we chose the balanced scorecard framework to examine five well-known gas processing plants in National Iranian Gas Company from four different perspectives in order...