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Enron, Arthur Andersen,Worldcom, the list goes on and on. Corporate scandals have swept the nation. Executives have been cooking the books and playing with the numbers. Are we in the laboratory immune? Or have we been playing with our numbers, too? Dr. Westgard examines some of the current laboratory practices, including guidelines recently published, to see if the numbers add up. (Preview)
A new QC technology has been cleared that replaces the use of traditional external quality controls. This happened because a manufacturer submited a claim for this new QC technology and provided the documentation to defend that claim. Read all about it!
Autoverification seems to be a hot topic these days. Articles are in the press, the journals, and soon to come audioconferences. But just what is autoverification, and how does it relate to QC? And if it doesn't involve QC, just what is really being verified? (Preview)
An updated version of this essay appears on the Nothing but the Truth about Quality book.
JCAHO just released its goals for patient safety. How we define our goals says a lot about what we're doing - or not doing - right now. See what next year's goals say about current patient safety.
Enron is in the news again, and Dr. Westgard has been studying their failings - and the ethics that they really practiced. What he finds is that our compliance mentality bears a considerable resemblance to the Enron accounting mentality. Really. (Preview)