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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
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Press Releases
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,…
NAHQ Welcomes Vice President of Marketing and Membership NAHQ has announced the addition of Stacey Rubin to its executive team as vice president of its marketing and membership function. …
NAHQ CEO Recognized as One of Modern Healthcare’s Top Women Leaders CHICAGO (February 20, 2023) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) announced today that Stephanie Mercado, CAE, CPHQ,…
In the Media
NAHQ: Quality Professionals and Quality Work Essential During Crises Such as Coronavirus Pandemic
February 2022 Stephanie Mercado, NAHQ CEO, speaks with HealthLeaders Senior Clinical Care Editor, Christopher Cheney about NAHQ’s recent whitepaper – “Lessons Learned About Quality Management During the Pandemic”. Mercado emphasizes…
January 2022 Take a look at the HealthLeaders’ list of its top clinical care stories from 2021 about COVID-19, which includes an article on adopting a crisis command culture featuring…
Fridays with Fawn
December 2021 Stephanie Mercado Mercado speaks with Modern Healthcare publisher Fawn Lopez in an episode of Fridays with Fawn about the experiences women leaders share in navigating a career in healthcare.…
Achieving a 360-Degree Understanding of Quality
December 2021 Cathy Duquette and Stephanie Mercado The industry has tended to be so focused on what needs to be improved in healthcare, that we have not given enough attention to systemically addressing how these…
November 2021 Patricia Kirkpatrick and Stephanie Mercado It is clear that one key to improving the future of the U.S. healthcare system lies in putting the patient at the center…
Unleash the Potential of Your Quality Workforce
August 2021 Executive Insights Interview with Stephanie Mercado Workforce development is often an unrecognized and unmet need in healthcare organizations. Read More NAHQ Releases Groundbreaking Quality and Safety Research NAHQ’s…
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