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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

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Reflecting on NAHQ next 2023

The day I returned to my organization following the annual conference NAHQ next, I took several actions in new ways based on the information I learned! The annual conference of…

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Reflecting on NAHQ next 2023

The day I returned to my organization following the annual conference NAHQ next, I took several actions in new ways based on the information I learned! The annual conference of…

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As the pace and intensity of healthcare delivery continue to escalate, I find myself continuously stretching to find the time to accomplish all that I know to be important. Yet…

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Today’s post-pandemic healthcare environments are replete with executive leadership transitions, and often several in an organization. New leaders commonly create new roles, organizational structures, strategy and priorities. Reporting relationships change,…

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In our daily work, we are striving to provide reliable, higher-quality, safer healthcare across the care continuum. It can be a challenge to add multiple professional development programs into an…

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Those working in healthcare quality and safety are no strangers to the evolving nature of our industry and how disruption can have surprising results. From the introduction of HIPAA to…

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Sir Winston Churchill was quoted as saying: “We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” I share those inspirational words during National…

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Press Releases

Press Releases

Industry-standard healthcare quality competency framework recognized for innovation, advancement of healthcare industry; builds upon recognition from 2017 CHICAGO (September 23, 2020) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) is…

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Master of Health Administration students will prepare to achieve Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality® certification during capstone course CHICAGO & FT. WORTH, TX (September 21, 2020) – The University of North Texas Health Science Center…

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Plan reflects consensus on need for greater collaboration and greater focus on foundational change to reduce medical errors CHICAGO (September 14, 2020) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) today…

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Georgetown University aligns graduate curriculum to NAHQ’s industry-standard competency framework, qualifies students to sit for the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality® (CPHQ) exam CHICAGO and WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 27, 2020) – As the need…

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Press Releases

WGU aligns graduate-level curriculum with NAHQ’s industry-standard competencies SALT LAKE CITY and CHICAGO (August 21, 2020) – Western Governors University (WGU) and the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) have…

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Fully virtual conference to offer unprecedented levels of content and accessibility in support of healthcare professionals who work in quality as they respond to COVID-19 pandemic CHICAGO (July 9, 2020)…

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In the Media

Thought Leadership

The intersection of quality and finance, with Rick Gundling and Stephanie Mercado

Healthcare Financial Management Association

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…

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Thought Leadership

A blind spot in healthcare quality work

Becker's Hospital Review

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    …

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Thought Leadership

Achieving next-level quality improvement in skilled nursing facilities

McKnights Long-Term Care News

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…

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Thought Leadership

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…

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Thought Leadership

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…

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Thought Leadership

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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