Sentences with phrase «established measure of quality»

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Today, patient experience is measured by a survey called the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (H.C.A.H.P.S.) The embattled survey asks multiple choice questions and aims to establish the quality of the care provided.

The introduction of NDtech after several years of development again highlights Amorim's tenacious commitment to building continually on its well - established and industry - leading quality control measures.»

«The introduction of NDtech after several years of development again highlights Amorim's tenacious commitment to continually building upon its well - established and industry - leading quality control measures.»

Established in 2005, The Gluten - Free Certification Organization (GFCO), an industry program of the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG), is dedicated to providing certification services to producers of gluten - free products using quality assessment and control measures throughout production, in order to provide assurance to consumers of the safety of their foods.

Based on the analysis of 109 long - term research plots established on even - aged natural stands and plantations from 1944 to 1988, and 59 additional ponderosa pine plots measured by the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis group, these researchers found that site quality affected the relationship between density and mortality.

While the success or failure of Course Access will ultimately come down to how well districts handle implementation, state policymakers can provide a strong foundation by establishing quality measures and sustainable funding mechanisms.

In particular, she has established a research program investigating: (1) effective ways to measure bilingualism in schools; (2) how bilingualism and executive functions interact to influence language and literacy outcomes; and (3) relationship between academic outcomes, quality and quantity of bilingual experience.

More important, however, is the larger implication I take from Mr. Bedrick's thesis: that private school choice advocates in America, Mr. Bedrick among them, have failed to establish a coherent, prevailing belief system about the role of private schools in providing an education of measured quality, at scale, for the nation's most disadvantaged youth.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is also expected to announce four other measures concerning educational policy, including the protection of spending per - pupil, a guarantee ensuring all teachers in state - funded schools will be qualified by September 2016, the establishing of a Royal College of Teachers and a National Leadership Institute to promote high quality leadership in schools in deprived areas.

The authors see progress in establishing more meaningful measures of school quality despite the difficulty of comparing school quality across states.

From defining lists of approved industry - recognized credentials to developing rubrics to measure skills gained in work - based learning to establishing data quality mechanisms, states need to double down on quality through implementation of their ESSA plans.

The High School After School Quality Self - Assessment Rubric (QSAR) was created to support the growing number of high school programs and establish a framework to measure program outcomes and quality in California and NatiQuality Self - Assessment Rubric (QSAR) was created to support the growing number of high school programs and establish a framework to measure program outcomes and quality in California and Natiquality in California and Nationwide.

However, Steinberg's bill was an extremely technical piece of legislation, which proposed a complex new accountability system that adds graduation rates and other measures to the API to establish a new index to be called the Education Quality Index.

The slides outline how they are refining a tool and process for gathering data on quality and establishing a citywide baseline measures of excellence.

A robust in - line quality confirmation process, for both the quality of the weld and conformity of part to established specs, involves confirmation by both robotic measuring equipment and by highly skilled weld technicians at every stage of the construction process.

In order to measure the level of fulfillment for these commitments, the following criteria have been established to evaluate the quality of service offered by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía:

In announcing his appointment, IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven said that Mr. Millard's work at DECC «resulted in the production of quality data meeting both national and international needs, as well as establishing new approaches for monitoring energy efficiency policies, improving the timeliness of data, e.g. quarterly renewables data, and new analysis such as diversity measures in oil and gas imports».

Implicit in this is the extent to which the organization and its members (1) understand the organization's role, i.e., satisfying clients and enabling the lawyers» organization to achieve its ultimate objectives; (2) establish performance standards or bench marks, i.e., economics, a client case load, quality, timeliness of services; and (3) measure the actual performance in light of the established standards.

176.1 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing programs and other measures for the use of economic and financial instruments and market - based approaches, including without being limited to emissions trading, for the purposes of maintaining or improving existing environmental standards, protecting the environment and achieving environmental quality goals in a cost effective manner.

Established the software quality standards for life cycle, documentation, development methods, testing and maintenance of quantitative measurements and techniques for measuring software quality

Web Marketing and Analytics Consulting — Selected Duties and Responsibilities Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while developing marketing strategies through strategic target audience assessment and analysis Collaborate in all phases of strategic project planning and automation with senior - level management, including dashboard development, tracking code implementation, campaign execution, and report scheduling Provide guidance and leadership with respect to marketing campaign strategy development, benchmarking, implementation, post-execution analysis, and process optimization Measure the success of website and online marketing initiatives using data and related key metrics and evaluating the digital marketing maturity level, ensuring highest competitive abilities versus industry competitors Validate all data capturing processes and report populations with respective web analytics tools, ensuring the quality and integrity of all data within system as well as all generated reports Utilize experience in BFS, consumer goods, high - tech products / services, media, and digital marketing tools, along with related talent among team with focused collaboration and the promotion of a performance - based environment leveraging individual talents for group benefit Perform A / B and multivariate testing as well as behavior and outcome metrics analyses, reporting results in a clear, accurate, and meaningful manner to clients and management Address key client queries and resolve them in an expedited manner, promoting sustained revenue growth through client retention and relationship development Meet and exceed all marketing targets while tracking progress versus established internal and external industry benchmarks, focusing on both revenue generation as well as cost control Maintain a strong working knowledge of the product and respective marketplace, including pricing and regulatory trends, client requirements, competitor strategies, and product growth Act as a liaison between clients, vendors, sales and support staff, and executive management to facilitate information flow and drive operational efficiency

ING US Financial Services (Atlanta, GA) 5/2006 — 2/2009 Six Sigma Black Belt • Responsible for identifying, defining, and implementing continuous improvement (Six Sigma) projects • Communicated quality management tools and methodologies to project teams • Established and directed process improvement group reporting process • Cut annual process budget by 20 % by reducing testing / production errors through process standardization • Saved $ 350K of annual business contract production costs through vendor consolidation and elimination of manual product assembly • Identified $ 2 million in potential annual savings by developing a check processing distribution strategy • Reduced annual expenses by $ 1.7 million through cost avoidance by optimal vendor selection processes • Minimized business risk and legal mitigations by tracking / confirming contract delivery to clients and standardizing marketing forms practices and control measures • Mentored Green Belts and team members on their roles and responsibilities

Transition to school is seen as one of the best stages in a child's life to measure child development and well - being.12 — 14 Research has established that children at higher risk for suboptimal development can be better prepared for initial success at school through early childhood education, family support, paediatric and allied healthcare interventions and child health programmes.15 When children come to school with the developmental capacity to take advantage of the education system, coupled with a high - quality education system, the initial positive effects persist into adolescence and adulthood.15

Most measures had no evidence that they had undergone any sort of psychometric evaluation although a small number of researchers had attempted to evaluate some measurement properties but used dubious methods or the property being assessed fell below suitable quality thresholds as determined by Terwee et al. 12 In addition, some authors referenced that their measure had established psychometric properties but then modified the scale or used it with a completely different population without re-examining the properties in the revised scale.

Measure Target Result Main influences affecting result Quantity 255 153 Conditions in the Northern Territory Quality 70 % decided within 2 months of receipt Exceeded - 89.7 % processed within 2 months at an average of 1.5 months Tribunal processes now well established Resource usage Unit cost per registration test - $ 12,205 Unit cost was higher - $ 16,558 Set - up costs, particularly in the Northern Territory

Depressive status, physical and mental health, functional status and quality of life were measured at baseline, 10 weeks and six months using established, validated tools.

To date, the immediate and lasting positive effects of quality care on language, cognitive development, and school achievement have been confirmed by converging findings from large, reasonably representative longitudinal studies and smaller, randomized trials with long - term follow - ups.1, 2,9 - 13 Contributors to this knowledge base include meta - analytic reviews of interventions and large longitudinal studies conducted in several countries.1, 2,14,15 Comprehensive meta - analyses now establish that effects of early care decline, but do not disappear, and when initial effects are large, long - term effects remain substantial.1, 2 Null findings in cognitive and social domains in a few studies may reasonably be attributed to the limitations inherent to their designs, samples, and measures.

There were five measures: maternal warmth, described as the degree to which the mother demonstrates positive regard and emotional support for the child; maternal respect for autonomy, describing the degree to which the mother maintained appropriate control while providing the child the opportunity to negotiate what he / she wanted to do; maternal structure and limit setting, defined as the adequacy with which the mother established her expectations for the child's behavior and demonstrates a capacity for effective leadership that engenders child compliance; and synchrony / quality of assistance, described as the ability of the mother to assist the child's performance in a manner that protects the child's self - esteem and demonstrates that she is attuned to the child's needs.

The researchers highlight the importance of effectively implementing the existing legal framework, allocating budgets for teacher training and materials, and establishing ongoing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to measure the quality of the education students receive.