Gaining Insights to Advance Healthcare Quality
NAHQ is the only organization dedicated to advancing healthcare quality competencies, defining the standard of excellence for the healthcare industry. We are uniquely equipped to help healthcare organizations, quality professionals and others doing the work of quality to achieve their short- and long-term quality and patient safety goals. NAHQ thought leadership advances the healthcare quality profession by providing context for data and issues.
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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.
NAHQ Insights and Thought Leadership
Potential CMS Measure Shows Divide Over Quality Training Standards
In this thought-provoking article, NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado, CAE, CHPQ and Robin Betts, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Northern California VP of safety, quality and regulatory services, discuss the importance of…
The road to improvement: How CHRISTUS Health upskilled quality teams + boosted patient outcomes
The road to improvement: How CHRISTUS Health upskilled quality teams + boosted patient outcomes The value of a quality department is reflected by its impact on quality and safety outcomes…
Inspiring Women Podcast
NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado, CAE, CPHQ, spoke with Laurie McGraw in the latest Inspiring Women podcast. They discussed preparing the workforce with common language for quality and safety as well…
Standardize workforce competencies to improve quality, safety
February 2024 Modern Healthcare The time to standardize workforce competencies to improve healthcare quality & safety is now. In this timely Modern Healthcare article, NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado CAE, CPHQ…
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…
Patient Safety Movement Foundation Newsletter: Unleashing Human Potential of the Workforce Is Key to Advancing Quality and Safety
November 2023 Patient Safety Movement Read this featured contribution to the November issue of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation newsletter with NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado highlighting how quality and safety…