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NAHQ promotes the importance of healthcare quality and healthcare quality education. We advocate for building quality capacity through competency development among healthcare professionals, organizations, and higher education institutions to make healthcare better.
We are spreading the word about the hard work our members and their organizations are doing to improve healthcare quality for all.
Read on to see our most recent blog posts, press releases and media coverage.
Blog Posts
On Monday, September 14, we will be kicking off our first-ever fully virtual NAHQ NEXT annual conference! These days, I know it is even more difficult to get away from…
NAHQ has always embraced strategic collaborations that align with our mission of preparing a coordinated, competent workforce to lead and advance healthcare quality. The first half of 2020 has yielded numerous such opportunities with several prominent healthcare organizations…
Twelve years ago, Jefferson set out to create a college that would prepare the leaders that would make healthcare better, safer and more equitable. This has been a year like…
Amid the ongoing, well-documented challenges facing the healthcare industry today, the commitment shown by healthcare quality professionals to supporting positive patient outcomes, has never been stronger. Despite increased demands on…
Healthcare is constantly evolving. If you want to advance in your career in health leadership and work at the forefront of the broad changes sweeping the industry, obtaining a master’s…
Press Releases
The Prestigious Award Honors the Most Influential and Impactful Leaders in the Healthcare Industry CHICAGO (Dec. 4, 2023) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) proudly announced today that Stephanie…
National Association for Healthcare Quality Celebrates Growing Profession and Discipline with Special Events During Healthcare Quality Week Oct. 15-21 Exclusive Screening of Award-Winning HBO Documentary BLEED OUT to be Featured Among…
The quality-driven health system has committed to NAHQ’s Workforce Accelerator® solution for healthcare quality and safety advancement. CHICAGO (Aug. 17, 2023) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) is…
CHICAGO (May 31, 2023)—The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) has been invited to share its insights on improving healthcare quality and safety through the workforce at the 2023 thINc360…
NAHQ CEO Recognized for Chief Staff Executive Achievement The Samuel B. Shapiro Award for Chief Staff Executive Achievement is the highest honor the Association Forum bestows on an association professional. …
CHICAGO (March 21, 2023) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) has announced its new board members: Nidia S. Williams, PhD, MBB, CPHQ, FNAHQ, as its 2023 president; Patricia Resnik,…
In the Media
The intersection of quality and finance, with Rick Gundling and Stephanie Mercado
September 2023 HFMA HFMA’s Rick Gundling and Stephanie Mercado from the National Association for Healthcare Quality discuss how all entities within a healthcare organization can work for better quality. LISTEN…
A blind spot in healthcare quality work
September 2023 Becker’s Clinical Leadership Read NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado and NAHQ Board Member Anthony Warmuth highlight the NAHQ benchmarking tool with Erica Carbajal at Becker’s. READ NOW …
Achieving next-level quality improvement in skilled nursing facilities
August 2023 McKnights Long-Term Care News Want to improve quality and safety at long-term care facilities? Read NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado and Lenard Parisi’s latest guest contribution to McKnights Long…
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 81 – The Need for Improved Healthcare Workforce Competency
June 2023 Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare On episode 81 of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare: The Podcast, Stephanie Mercado, CEO and Executive Director of the National Association of Healthcare…
NAHQ CEO Speaks with Scott Becker in Becker’s Healthcare Podcast
June 2023 Becker’s Hospital Review Focus on what the future holds by listening to NAHQ CEO, Stephanie Mercado, and Scott Becker as they discuss what’s exciting them at NAHQ. Among…
How Hospital Systems Are Weighing Quality Vs. the Bottom Line
June 2023 Modern Healthcare Industry leading publication Modern Healthcare has just dropped a great article making the business case for quality. John Chomeau, strategic advisor to NAHQ and other experts weigh in…
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