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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
Author Maulik Joshi, DrPH – President and CEO, Meritus Health President, Proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine On occasion, NAHQ invites experts to share their opinions on topics related to…
Author Maulik Joshi, DrPH – President and CEO, Meritus Health President, Proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine On occasion, NAHQ invites experts to share their opinions on topics related to…
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…
Introduction: This study describes the work of healthcare quality professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the successes and challenges they faced when applying their expertise in performance and process improvement…
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