DAILY CHECK-IN FOR SAFETY: From Best Practice to Common Practice Quality Institute for Healthcare May 21–23 Healthcare Update Audio — Michael Nelson, M.D. Lean and Six Sigma Conference February 27–28, 2012 Phoenix, AZ

Why Quality in Healthcare?

ASQ is a leader in providing resources, training, certification and networking opportunities to professionals in healthcare.

Quality professionals across all segments of healthcare use ASQ’s resources to improve:

• Quality of care.
• Patient safety and satisfaction.
• Organizational efficiencies.
• The bottom line.

In Focus

IT Can Ease Healthcare Staff Shortage
Electronic medical records and other technology can improve quality and manage growing patient demand. Learn more through this InformationWeek article.

The 2010 Healthcare-Focused Baldrige Recipients (PDF, 147 KB)
Two of the seven recipients for the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award serve the healthcare community: Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and the Studer Group.

Better Together — Executive Healthcare Management
The concepts of Lean and Six Sigma have been going strong in the manufacturing divisions of a various industries for some time. Now they’re being used in tandem in healthcare. James Levett, Chair of the American Society for Quality’s Healthcare Division, gives EHM the lowdown.

ASQ Integrates Quality and Social Responsibility in Healthcare. (PDF, 304 KB)