“Audit readiness in quality is no different than anything else – follow a pre-defined process to the letter, tweak it as necessary and continue to evolve it until it works for your organization. It’s not hard. People just panic because the auditor can shut them down. But you wouldn’t panic if you had a process to follow to minimize the damage.”
Continue readingHealthcare Compliance Readiness: Do What’s Doable
“Any discussion or plan that doesn’t take into account whether or not you can actually execute on it is an exercise in fantasy.”
Continue readingPlug and Play: You are Not Bought, You are Built
“Still, it’s possible for smaller healthcare systems to compete. To do so, you need to ask yourself two questions – who are you and what are you measuring?”
Continue readingBuilding a Quality Education Program That’s Good Enough
“The first thing that you should understand is this: you don’t have to build the perfect program. Your education program just needs to be good enough to ensure employees have the training needed to demonstrate core knowledge and pass audits and inspections.”
Continue readingQA + QC = QM The Quality Equation for an Effective Quality Management Program
“Both of these are tools in your toolkit, so why limit yourself to one or the other? Determine which of the two is the best tool for your organization and use it appropriately.”
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