Am Dekanat der Fakultät Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik der Universität Stuttgart wurde im Rahmen eines durch das Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst geförderten Projektes ein Qualitätsmanagement-System aufgebaut und extern zertifiziert. Wichtig beim Aufbau dieses Systems waren Begriffsübertragungen aus der zugrunde liegenden Norm DIN EN ISO 9001 auf den Hochschulbereich un...

This report describes the interdisciplinary approach and solving algorithm of a DIN 9001:2000 certified tumor board in managing a giant-size type-B2 thymoma IIb in an elderly patient. The process of managing the thymoma with specialists of surgery, internal medicine, radiology, and pathology until finally extirpation and continuous follow-up is described. Respective computerized tomography scan...

This research addresses the benefits of ISO 9001 to understand reasons behind its worldwide adoption. By applying principal component analysis results a survey encompassing 526 valid responses (24.4% response rate), more business-oriented scale than traditional internal/external type motivation with three main categories is proposed: operational improvement benefit (regarded as most relevant), ...

The United States (US) healthcare organizations are continuously struggling to cope-up with evolving regulatory requirements e.g. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001: 2015. These requirements are not only affecting the US healthcare industry but also other industries as well e.g. software indus...

The ISO 9000 quality management system has been widely accepted and adapted as a national standard by most industrial countries. Despite its high popularity and the urgent demand from customers to implement ISO 9000, some major concerns for those organizations that are seeking registration to ISO 9000 include the expensive cost and the lengthy time to implement. The purpose of this paper is to ...