Quality Reengineering in Healthcare: A Case Study from the Clinical Laboratory of the University of Wisconsin

Medical Books

Westgard, James O.

Eggert, Arthur A.

Tomar, Russell H.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Amer Society of Clinical

Basic QC practices by James Westgard

Basic QC Practices

Medicine

Westgard Qc, Inc.

Basic Qc Practices - Manual

Reference

Westgard Quality Corp

Basic Method Validation: Training in Analytical Quality Management for Healthcare Labor

In this new edition, Dr. James O. Westgard and colleagues have updated and expanded their covering of Basic QC practices to provide: new discussions on the "State of the Air" in QC and what the future has in store for the laboratory.

Basic Qc Practices: Training in Statistical Quality Control for Healthcare Laboratories

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Together with Dr. Sharon S. Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT(ASCP), Dr. Teresa Darcy, MD, FACP, and with an introduction by Dr. Ronald R. Laessig, PhD, Dr. Westgard has written a new book that explains the practical impact of the new regulations and interpretive guidelines: This new manual provides thorough coverage of the key changes in the CLIA Final Rule, as well as in-depth analysis of the new laboratory responsibilities that the regulations have created. But this manual is more than a compliance guide: * It explains the method validation requirements and details how to organize the statistical studies now required for all new non-waived methods. * It dispels the confusion about waived, non-waived, moderate, and high complexity methods * It defines the new calibration and calibration verification requirements. * It describes the final QC requirements, as well as an overview of a QC Planning and Design process to "Do the Right QC Right" * It provides an authoritative judgment on the new "equivalent QC procedures" * and more...

CLIA Final Rules for Quality Systems: Quality Assesment Issues and Answers

Westgard Quality Corporation

Nothing but the Truth About Quality

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Here are just some of the topics covered by Assuring the Right Quality Right: CLIA "Final" Rules and "Equivalent QC" options Inspection and Accreditation agencies, the impact of going "unannounced" on laboratories Risk Management techniques, their scope and applicability Six Sigma tools and benchmarks ISO 15189 and other standards Patient Safety pressures Government investigations into the Quality of Laboratory Testing

Assuring the Right Quality Right

Westgard Qc

Teaining in analyrical quality management for healthcare laboratories

Basic Method Validation: Training in Analytical Quality Management for Healthcare Laboratories

Risk Analysis is coming to medical laboratories. But for too many labs, Risk Analysis is a buzzword without meaning, an approach without defined technique. At worst, it threatens to appear like science while being implemented like guesswork. In this book, Dr. Westgard surveys the ISO standards, as well as published CLSI guidelines, and the long-established Joint Commission methodology for Proactive Risk Reduction. After providing an overview of the general Risk Analysis approach, Dr. Westgard explains how to adapt the principles for the medical laboratory, with performance-based tools and practical implementation tips: * Process maps, flowcharts and fishbone diagrams * Risk Acceptability matrices * Assessment of hazards through Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) * Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Actions System (FRACAS) * Six Sigma metric integration into Risk Analysis Using Six Sigma metrics, Dr. Westgard shows how Risk Analysis can be converted from qualitative and ephemeral to something more quantitative and concrete. When performance data informs Risk Analysis, the decisions become more relevant to medical laboratories and the patients they serve. Don't settle for arbitrary guesswork in your Risk Analysis. Combine the power of Six Sigma and Risk Analysis tools.

Six Sigma Risk Analysis: Designing Analytic QC Plans for the Medical Laboratory

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