The Stanford Colonoscopy Quality Assurance Program: Lessons from the intersection of quality improvement and clinical research

Elements that are required for regulatory compliance can be used as powerful resources to achieve quality improvement. One such approach, using the output from a Good Laboratory Practice quality assurance program, is described and has produced marked improvements in the conduct and reporting of toxicology studies. The cost effectiveness of quality assurance programs under such circumstances is discussed.

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Returning to Solvency Through Quality Improvement

International Journal of Applied Management and Technology ◽

10.5590/ijamt.2021.20.1.01 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Matthew Faciane ◽

Susan K. Fan ◽

Rocky J. Dwyer

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Quality Improvement ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Manufacturing Process ◽

The United States ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Quality Assurance Program ◽

Frontline Employees ◽

Continuous Quality

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore quality improvement strategies senior manufacturing production managers use to reduce Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) to increase profit. The participants for this study were production managers within a manufacturing company located in the southeastern region of the United States who successfully developed and implemented strategies to lower COPQ to increase profitability. Six major themes emerged from the study: continuous improvement, quality assurance, employees as agents of quality improvement, communication between stakeholders, holding all firm members accountable for quality, and training. Manufacturing managers can use these strategies to lower COPQ and increase profits, which could result in enhancing other organizations’ financial performance. Findings from this study may enable manufacturing managers to improve organizational performance when continuous quality improvement processes are implemented throughout the manufacturing process and senior leaders champion lessons learned, support the training program approach, and implement a quality assurance program that empowers frontline employees as agents of quality throughout the manufacturing process.

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Quality and Quality Improvement in Occupational Health Nursing

AAOHN Journal ◽

10.1177/216507999204000704 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 40 (7) ◽

pp. 326-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Anne Keenan Widtfeldt

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Quality Improvement ◽

Occupational Health ◽

Professional Education ◽

Quality Assurance Program ◽

Customer Requirements ◽

Technical Specifications ◽

Health Nursing ◽

Definition Of

The definition of quality in health care is changing to incorporate the industrial definition, which is “conformance to technical specifications and customer requirements” (Conbere, 1992). A quality assurance program is the basis of a qualThis article is reprinted from AAOHN Update Series, Volume 4 with permission from the Continuing Professional Education Center, Inc., Skill-man, NJ.

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