The growth of scientific management in the early 20th century equipped the business community with various tools designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In most companies today, organized ...

Quality improvement (QI) in health care is an activity in which intentional change in processes and systems of care is attempted in a methodical, reflective and iterative manner in order to improve ...

Through 2007, ill-defined IT deliverables, misaligned business expectations, and unknown performance levels, combined with economic pressures, will force more than 30% of IT organizations (ITOs) to ...

As businesses try to do more with less and respond to economic pressures, they are naturally interested in reducing costs by improving processes throughout their organizations. A number of ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

This section should be read in conjunction with the interim process guide for a more proportionate approach to quality standard development The NICE quality standards team develops a topic overview ...

Managing change and overcoming employee resistance and fear requires a proactive approach. As the ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, wrote back in 500 BC, “The only thing constant is change.” This ...

The higher education accreditation system relies on infrequent, resource-intensive reviews that occur every five to 10 years, often creating lags in identifying and addressing quality concerns at ...

Continuous electronic monitoring with telemetry is an important hospital practice for monitoring patients who are at high risk of serious cardiac events. Unfortunately, it is often overutilized. When ...