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Healthcare Quality and Safety Workforce Report: New Imperatives for Quality and Safety Mean New Imperatives for Workforce Development
October 2022
The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) has conducted groundbreaking research on the advancement of the quality and safety agenda and has published the results in a new workforce report. NAHQ’s Healthcare Quality and Safety Report answers the question: “Is today’s healthcare workforce doing the work that will advance critical priorities of quality, safety, equity, value, and system sustainability?” The answer is no.
Workforce Report Toolkit
Download NAHQ's workforce report toolkit for a PowerPoint template and a video presentation for tips and ideas on delivering the information revealed in the workforce report.
NAHQ Insights
Authors Stephanie Mercado, CAE, CPHQ Executive Director and CEO NAHQ Anna Flattau, MD, MSc, MS Enterprise Vice President Jefferson Primary Care at Jefferson Health Alumni Professor and Chair of Family…
Authors Ethan Feldmiller, MHA – Administrative Fellow, Meritus Health Lynnae Messner, CPhT – Director of Outpatient Care Management, Meritus Health Sridhar Rao Gona, MS, MHA – Pharmacy Informatics and Research,…
The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) has conducted groundbreaking research on the advancement of the quality and safety agenda and has published the results in a new workforce report. NAHQ’s…
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