scholarly journals Special Feature: Quality Assurance, A Framework for Canadian Universities

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
William G. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Curricular Development ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
The Past ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Key Concepts

Quality assurance programs have become an integral part of the health delivery processions during the past quarter century. They generally focus on the appropriateness and adequacy of services provided, with the objective of identifying and correcting deficiencies of service. Appropriateness and adequacy are assessed by the degree of adherence of practices to explicit standards, and these in turn relate to criteria of structure, process, outcome and efficiency. The key concepts and methodologies of quality assurance programs are reviewed, and it is suggested that they can be readily applied to Canadian universities. A quality assurance program within a university could be a powerful administrative and curricular development tool that would serve to define and enhance the quality of educational experiences of students.

A quality assurance program for image quality of cone-beam CT guidance in radiation therapy

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1807-1815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Bissonnette ◽  
Douglas J. Moseley ◽  
David A. Jaffray
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Cone Beam Ct ◽  
Cone Beam ◽  
Ct Guidance ◽  
Quality Assurance Program

Probable impact of the 1994 elections on laboratory medicine

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1223-1227
Author(s):  
H S Foster
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Probable Impact ◽  
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

Abstract During the past quarter century, federal health policy makers concerned themselves with: (a) improving the quality of healthcare delivered to the American public; (b) increasing access to needed healthcare services; and (c) curtailing the escalating cost of such services. These goals led Congress to expand the role of the federal government in regulating the delivery of healthcare. The enactment of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA '88) was a significant and widely discussed example of how Congress, when controlled by the Democrats, sought to correct healthcare problems and achieve federal objectives. In November 1994, the Republicans won majorities in both the Senate and the House, promising to reduce the federal government's power. Many now believe that CLIA '88, or significant parts of it, could be substantially modified as part of this effort. This paper addresses the developments that led the Democrats to seek enactment of CLIA '88 and the likely arguments that may be offered by the Republicans to lessen the rigor and scope of the law.

PROGRAM FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE OF FINISHED DAIRY PRODUCTS1

1972 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Edmond L. Sing
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Milk Products ◽  
Human Motivation ◽  
Product Temperature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Trouble Shooting ◽  
Quality Of Milk

Specifications concerning quality of milk products from raw ingredients to finished products are now often required by many distributors and food processers. Problems concerning plant sanitation, post-pasteurization contamination, and product temperature still persist despite an abundance of practical remedial knowledge available. The manifestations of many current problems are the same as they were 10 to 15 years ago. Two examples of these problems are induced rancidity in silo tanks as a result of excessive air agitation and thermoduric organisms in pasteurized milk which may proliferate to excessive numbers at refrigeration temperatures. A program for quality assurance should include a raw ingredient program, methods for evaluation, effective plant sanitation, care of finished products, human motivation, and follow through. The area of most neglect is the last aspect. Plant cleaning and sanitation have improved remarkably in the last few years. Many dairies have capitalized on proven refinement of automated systems and have incorporated fine points of sanitation. The most effective procedure for trouble shooting problem areas is to follow product processing backwards using aseptic sampling techniques. Data accumulated in successfully pinpointing problem areas the past 5 years have demonstrated the value of this approach.

scholarly journals Multicentre dose audit for clinical trials of radiation therapy in Asia

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Mizuno ◽  
Shigekazu Fukuda ◽  
Akifumi Fukumura ◽  
Yuzuru-Kutsutani Nakamura ◽  
Cao Jianping ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Radiation Dosimetry ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Relative Deviation ◽  
Single Beam ◽  
Tolerance Level ◽  
Audit System

Abstract A dose audit of 16 facilities in 11 countries has been performed within the framework of the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) quality assurance program. The quality of radiation dosimetry varies because of the large variation in radiation therapy among the participating countries. One of the most important aspects of international multicentre clinical trials is uniformity of absolute dose between centres. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Japan has conducted a dose audit of participating countries since 2006 by using radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeters (RGDs). RGDs have been successfully applied to a domestic postal dose audit in Japan. The authors used the same audit system to perform a dose audit of the FNCA countries. The average and standard deviation of the relative deviation between the measured and intended dose among 46 beams was 0.4% and 1.5% (k = 1), respectively. This is an excellent level of uniformity for the multicountry data. However, of the 46 beams measured, a single beam exceeded the permitted tolerance level of ±5%. We investigated the cause for this and solved the problem. This event highlights the importance of external audits in radiation therapy.

scholarly journals Measurement system analysis by attribute, an effective tool to ensure the quality of the visual inspection process within an organization

2019 ◽  
Vol 290 ◽  
pp. 05004
Author(s):  
Carmen Simion
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Measurement System ◽  
Visual Inspection ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Measurement System Analysis ◽  
Inspection Process

A successful quality assurance program in any organization needs good measurement systems. The concept of measurement system refers to the manpower, machines, materials, methods and mother nature involved in obtaining measurements. Measurement system analysis (MSA) is a set of procedures which are used to determine the amount of variation due to the measurement system and if the measurement data are valid. Most problematic measurement system issues come when the results of a measurement system are qualitative values such as “pass” or “fail” (attribute data) rather than quantitative values (variable data). Because in industry many measurement systems deal with qualitative data, the assessment of the visual inspection process is a contemporary approach for quality assurance in most manufacturing organizations. The aim of this paper is to apply the MSA attribute study in a local company from the Sibiu region supplying products for automotive industry, to ensure the quality of the visual inspection process for one of their parts, respectively the exterior lighting projectors (Day Running Light, DRLs). The output data were analyzed using Minitab software. The conclusion was that the visual inspection process must be improved by appraisers training and developing panel with samples for the most common defect types of DRLs.

Defining the Critical Phase

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 377-380
Author(s):  
R. S. DeWoskin ◽  
B. M. Sadler
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Reference Standards ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Quality Controls ◽  
Critical Phase ◽  
Mean Compliance ◽  
Principal Researcher ◽  
Intended Use

Quality does not mean compliance with a checklist of standards but rather “fitness for use.” Compliance with a checklist of standards will only assure quality if the standards specifically address the intended use of the final results. In the design of a quality assurance program, the emphasis is upon quality controls and monitoring schedules for those aspects of the study that significantly alter the variability of the final results and alter the variability to the extent that the final results are no longer useful. Therefore, the principal researcher in conjunction with the quality assurance staff contribute to the quality of a study by applying combined expertise in the design of specific reference standards that both address the fitness for use criterion and the more comprehensive government standards.

A Cohort Comparison of Midlife Marital Quality: A Quarter Century of Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110544
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Wright ◽  
Susan L. Brown ◽  
Wendy D. Manning
Keyword(s):  
Marital Quality ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cohort Comparison ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Married Individuals ◽  
Midlife Adults

Marital quality has been declining among recent cohorts, but whether this pattern characterizes middle-aged and older married adults is largely unknown. The doubling of the divorce rate among persons over the age of 50 years foretells poorer quality marriages for today’s midlife adults than a generation ago. Combining data on married individuals aged 50–65 years from the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) and the 2013 Families and Relationships Study, we conduct a cohort comparison of five dimensions of midlife marital quality. Today’s older adults report more marital disagreement and instability as well as less fairness and interaction with their spouses than their counterparts did a generation ago. The two cohorts report comparable levels of marital happiness. Consistent with the upward trend in divorce during the second half of life, the quality of midlife marriages appears to have declined over the past quarter century.

From Values to Virtue: The Basis for Quality of Care

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Näsman, ◽  
Lisbet Nyström, ◽  
Katie Eriksson,
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Fundamental Idea ◽  
Model Combining

The aim of this article is to discuss the conceptual connections between virtue, ethics, and quality of care, suggesting that there is a profound connection between virtue and quality. Virtue is discussed as a basic concept in caritative caring ethics, reflecting on the fundamental idea of quality, resulting in a model combining the two of them. This forms a solid basis for any quality assurance program and is, thus, of an abstract, general nature.

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