conclusions generally, there is a lack of robust and high quality empirical evidence regarding the effects of iso 9001 and the efqm model on the quality care provided by and the performance of hospitals. however, the limited evidence shows that iso 9001 and the efqm model might improve hospital performance. results seven out of the 121 studies that were retrieved met the inclusion criteria. thr...

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) offers a suite of laboratory accreditation programs, including one specific to accreditation to the international organization for standardization (ISO) 15189 standard for quality management specific to medical laboratories. CAP leaders offer an overview of ISO 15189 including its components, internal audits, occurrence management, document control, an...

Fig. 1 shows a Free viewpoint TV (FTV) system [7]. FTV can generate very natural free viewpoint images in real time as shown in Fig. 2. A scene is captured using a dense array of synchronized cameras. The camera images are placed in a simple manner forming a Ray Space [8] that allows rendering the scene from any position by simple processing. So the user can view the scene not only from the ori...

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) together form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. International Standards are developed by technical committees, whose membership comes from national bodies who are members of ISO or from IEC participants. ISO and IEC committees collaborate in fields of mutual inter...