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...

introduction: in today's world of knowledge with increasing complexity, the need for exchanging data, information, and knowledge is undeniable. electronic health record is undoubtedly a key technology in health care which facilitates the recovery and processing of health information from multiple locations and provide more efficient and more effective treatment for the patient. automatic data t...

Standardization of information in healthcare is critical to the ability of a diverse community of caregivers to reliably exchange complex data without ambiguity. Perhaps more importantly, every member of the healthcare team must be able to re-use the data within increasingly diverse applications and environments. In order to improve quality and to constrain the escalating costs of delivering ca...

Purpose The objectives of this paper are to: collect and analyse existing European international standards for freight transport and logistics quality; consult with industry actors and stakeholders in order to ascertain to what extent these quality standards (or quality labels) drive freight transport and logistics quality in practice and ascertain whether there is a need for a new or modified ...

The ISO 9000:2000 family of standards emphasizes continual improvement. As an integral part of the ISO 9004 standard, eight quality management principles are introduced to guide organizational improvement. This paper explains how to use these principles, the customer-supplier model, and the requirement for a well-managed process, to create a comprehensive auditing checklist. In addition to proc...

Introduction: Standards of quality have been a huge success for organizations around the world. Hospitals need to establish standards, especially environmental ones. Hence, the codification of ISO 14001 is a necessity for hospitals. The aim of this study was to conduct a survey on the preparation of the teaching hospitals of the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences to implement ISO 14...

ISO 9001 is a standard for quality management systems and CMMI is a model for process improvement. If an ISO-certified organization wishes to improve its processes continuously, implementing CMMI would be a good choice, as it provides more detailed practices for process improvement than the ISO standards. However, there are two issues that need to be resolved when an ISO-certified organization ...

Time for a Change For many years, the U.S. system of gear accuracy tolerances has been provided by AGMA 2000-A88, Gear Classification and Inspection Handbook. This document has been commonly used for gear accuracy specifications in contractual agreements for vendor-supplied gears. Also, it has often been used as the basis of internal company gear tolerance systems. The material within AGMA 2000...

The department of dentistry of the Hospital for Sick Children has actively maintained a quality assurance system since the early 1980s. In addition, members of the department have taught courses and published articles on risk management and quality assurance for over a decade. The decision to achieve ISO 9002 registration led to an intensive 10-month process to adapt ISO systems and standards t...