A firsthand account of an accreditor being interviewed on the radio at WFED 1500 AM in Washington, DC.  Based right outside of the nation’s capital, ARMATURE provides web-based tools and services to help accreditation organizations effectively manage program data and processes for achieving their quality goals and objectives. With our close proximity to Washington, DC, [...]

I have the fortunate opportunity to regularly meet with so many people that are passionate about accreditation, quality, and continuous improvement processes. The value they support – students receiving an excellent education, a consumer relying on the safety of a product, or a patient having the confidence that they are receiving the best care available [...]

Considerations when creating an end-user focus group to maximize buy-in of accreditation systems. We just kicked off another accreditation management system implementation project.  As usual, during the commencement meeting we came upon the topic of the focus group. When you embark on building an end-to-end system for compliance management processes, there is the potential for [...]

Accreditation and Quality Assurance:  Everyone is Talking About the Onsite I have daily interactions with accrediting bodies who focus on monitoring adherence to standards for conformity assessment entities, laboratories, medical or other service facilities.  As a result, I get word of the challenges and opportunities that these accreditors encounter. And in 2013, much of the [...]

I have daily interactions with accrediting bodies who focus on providing continuous improvement opportunities to institutions and programs of higher learning. As a result, I get word of the shrinking budgets that schools are facing, and I know that accreditors are working with limited budgets themselves. The quality of the continuous improvement process provided by [...]