Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
We've all heard the infamous quote now over a decade and a half old: that US hospitals kill between roughly 40,000 and 90,000 patients each year. This was an estimate courtesy of the Institute of Medicine report "To Err Is Human" which made the dire performance of hospitals knowledge that even the general public could understand.
But more recently, studies have been tracking the adverse event rates much more closely. A recent NEJM paper followed four conditions from 2005 to 2011.
Of these four conditions, which do you think has the best Sigma performance when it comes to the occurrence of adverse events?
A. Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
B. Congestive Heart Failure
C. Pneumonia
D. (other) Conditions Requiring Surgery
The answer, after the jump...
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
I was blessed enough to spend the week in China during Laboratory Professionals Week: training, lecturing, q & a’ing. Celebrating one laboratory’s verification of performance Not just celebrating with labs but I hope empowering them to achieve even better results in the future.
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Thrilled to find a strong new partner in Ecuador and Peru. After several visits to both countries, we have partnered with a local company to help expand the Westgard training and techniques as quickly and broadly as possible.
“QIE Quality Institute Erroch firma convenio de representación exclusiva con hashtag#WestgardQC, para los países de Perú y Ecuador, continuando así su labor de impartir conocimiento de alto nivel en garantía y gestión de calidad.
Felicitaciones a todo el equipo hashtag#QIE, el cual continúa trabajando para que la calidad sea tu marca.” 👍😊
https://lnkd.in/eDMK33A hashtag#Westgardrules
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
posted by Sten Westgard, MS