What does A2Q stand for?

Timely Topics * Asset Protection for Practitioners and their Organizations * Communication and Presentation Skills that Influence Outcomes * A Workable Approach to Quality Gainsharing * Comprehensive Method to Reduce Error and Improve Safety * Keeping Current with the new Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement Guidelines * The 10 Medical Management Imperatives for 2004 Bonus Session: Crime Scene Investigation: The Real Story.

Thanks to specially selected raw materials, fine-tuned manufacturing processes, and a new approach to quality control, the company says its new Accumag product can reduce measured viscosity variation by 75% as compared with results obtained with previous MgO thickeners.

; "Predictive Modeling for Near-Zero-Defect Manufacturing Design," by Jay Lee, United Technologies; "A systematic Approach to Quality Improvement in Investment Castings," by Neil Paton, Howment Corp.

Timely Topics * Asset Protection for Practitioners and their Organizations * Communication and Presentation Skills that Influence Outcomes * A Workable Approach to Quality Gainsharing * Comprehensive Method to Reduce Error and Improve Safety * Keeping Current with the new Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement Guidelines * The 10 Medical Management Imperatives for 2004 Bonus Session: Crime Scene Investigation: The Real Story.

It is designed for networked plant computing environments that want an enterprise-wide approach to quality management.

All in all, says AAHSA President Sheldon Goldberg, "the system is intended to help providers take a proactive approach to quality improvement by identifying potential problem areas and taking corrective action before the survey process," and by basing clinical and management decisions on a clear understanding of the facts.

Given the complexity of the issues involved and the dearth of knowledge, this direct approach to quality assessment is not usually practical (or even possible) now.