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Distinguish Quality Assurance From Quality Control

Published on Fri Jun 16, 2023

Question: I’m putting together some training materials on quality in healthcare for my practice. Could you please provide some examples of quality controls versus quality assurance? New Jersey Subscriber Answer: As you know, quality control is different from quality assurance. Quality assurance is an integrated management system that may encompass planning, training, quality control, data review, reporting, and quality improvement [...]
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