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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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Patient Safety is one of the 8 domains in the NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™ identified as critical to ensuring quality excellence…and healthcare excellence. Writing this column soon after Patient…

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Patient Safety is one of the 8 domains in the NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™ identified as critical to ensuring quality excellence…and healthcare excellence. Writing this column soon after Patient…

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Be a patient advocate

In last month’s column, I shared with you that my driving passion is patient advocacy and how quality & safety is critically important to the patient’s entire healthcare experience. This…

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Happy New Year! As I begin my term as NAHQ president, I am honored to serve with a distinguished and dedicated board of directors. I look forward to sharing my…

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Looking Back at 2023

It is hard for me to believe that we are approaching the end of 2023, and the conclusion of my term as President of the National Association for Healthcare Quality.…

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I think of November as a month focused on gratitude, given the Thanksgiving season. It has me reflecting on all that has been accomplished as this year comes to an…

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Please join me in celebrating Healthcare Quality Week, the third week of October since 1985. This week is a time to recognize the important impact being made by those working…

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Press Releases

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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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,…

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In the Media

Thought Leadership

March 2023 Modern Healthcare In honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 12-18, NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado, CAE, CPHQ, speaks on the importance of workforce safety and how it coincides…

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March 2023 Modern Healthcare “It’s time to evolve beyond legacy views where quality equals compliance, to the future where quality equals excellence.” READ NOW NAHQ Awards Recognize Outstanding Healthcare Quality…

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Patient Safety Courses A Tough Sell At Medical Schools

Modern Healthcare

February 2023 Modern Healthcare NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado is among others interviewed by Mari Devereaux, Modern Healthcare’s safety and quality reporter, in an article that hones in on medical schools facing…

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Thought Leadership

Quality As A Business Strategy To Address National Healthcare Crisis

February 2023 Chief Executive

February 2023 Chief Executive NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado provides insights for healthcare executives about the importance of integrating quality. “When the going gets tough in other industries, they double down…

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Thought Leadership

January 2023 HealthLeaders NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado is interviewed by HealthLeaders on NAHQ’s groundbreaking workforce report and how organizations need to start building a strong healthcare quality workforce NOW. “The…

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Thought Leadership

October 2022 Modern Healthcare NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado is interviewed by Mari Devereaux, Modern Healthcare’s safety and quality reporter, in an article that features the results of NAHQ’s groundbreaking workforce…

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