Quality+Assurance

=Quality Assurance (QA) (n=2)=


 * Definition 1:** All the planned and systematic activities implemented within the quality system and demonstrated as needed, to provide adequate confidence that an entity (service, product, process, activity, organization) will fulfill the requirements for quality.
 * Source:** Industry Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/stco-levc.nsf/en/h_qw00037e.html
 * Focus:** General


 * Definition 2:** Activities intended to ensure that the best available knowledge concerning the use of health care to improve health outcomes is properly implemented. This involves the implementation of health care standards, including quality assessment and activities to correct, reduce variations in, or otherwise improve health care practices relative to these standards.
 * Source:** United States National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hta101/ta101014.html
 * Focus:** Health Care