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Activity Number:
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467
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #307236 |
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Title:
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Quality Management at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
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Author(s):
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Kenneth Harris*+
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Companies:
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National Center for Health Statistics
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Address:
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3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
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Keywords:
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reliability ; measurement ; verification
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Abstract:
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NCHS is the federal agency responsible for the collection and dissemination of the nation's vital and health statistics. To carry out its mission, NCHS conducts a wide range of annual, periodic, and longitudinal sample surveys and administers the national vital statistics registration systems. Quality management at NCHS involves a variety of quality control procedures and quality enhancing activities. Over the years, NCHS has kept pace with changes and improvements in quality management. Two of the biggest processes in today's quality environment are Six Sigma and ISO 9000. This paper will describe steps being taken at NCHS to incorporate these processes into the NCHS Quality Management program.
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