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NAHQ Releases New White Paper: Aligning Workforce Competencies with Healthcare’s Most Pressing Environmental Challenges
CHICAGO, May 6, 2026 — A new white paper from the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), Leveraging the NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework to Meet Today’s Healthcare Industry Pressures,...
A New NAHQ Report on Navigating Healthcare Complexity Through Workforce Competency
Yesterday during NAHQ Insider Live, CEO Stephanie Mercado shared perspectives on the current healthcare and quality landscape, including the emerging challenges and shifts shaping 2026. Building on that context, NAHQ is announcing...
Leveraging the NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework to Meet Today’s Healthcare Industry Pressures
Our new white paper examines how today’s healthcare pressures — financial strain, workforce shortages, changing reimbursement models, care delivery complexity, and rapid technology adoption — map to workforce capability gaps, and how the NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™ provides a structured way...
JHQ | Empowering Excellence: The Evolution of the NAHQ® Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™
April 2026 Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ) The article, from JHQ, explores how NAHQ has evolved over time to better support healthcare quality professionals, highlighting its growing focus on innovation,...
NAHQ-U Launches: A Defining Moment in the Future of Healthcare Quality and Workforce Competency
After much planning, user testing, and anticipation, NAHQ-U was officially launched earlier this month. Grounded in the Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™, NAHQ-U connects expert-developed professional development content in a single destination. The platform serves...
NAHQ at 50: New Offerings for Today’s Quality, Safety, and Financial Pressures
For 50 years, NAHQ has led the evolution of healthcare quality, and new, expanded offerings reflect leadership in action Chicago, IL — The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) is...
The Industry Standard for Healthcare Quality—Reimagined for What’s Next
For years, quality professionals, healthcare leaders and organizations have been working tirelessly to improve quality. That success has often been clouded with variability in performance and challenges in sustainability. Ten years ago, NAHQ published its Healthcare Quality Competency...
NAHQ Competency Framework Updates Complete; Reflections on Maturity for Field of Healthcare Quality
Many of the organizations I speak with are navigating the same challenge: healthcare quality priorities and pressures have evolved dramatically, yet teams are often operating without a standardized, competency‑based foundation to meet evolving expectations. That gap is what...
An Update from the Healthcare Quality Certification Commission
This message is on behalf of the Healthcare Quality Certification Commission (HQCC), the certifying arm of NAHQ. The HQCC establishes policies, procedures, and standards that guide the Certified Professional in...
Strengthening Quality & Safety: A Vision for NAHQ’s Year Ahead
January has already proven to be an active and defining start to the year for the National Association for Healthcare Quality®. As I step into the role of President of...
From Survey Prep to Strategic Readiness: Why Regulatory & Accreditation Expertise Matters More Than Ever
By the experts who helped develop NAHQ’s Regulatory & Accreditation Micro-Credential, in collaboration with Joint Commission: Patty Resnick, Immediate Past President, NAHQ Board of Directors; Stephen Misenko, Director, CMS Liaison and Compliance...
NAHQ and Joint Commission Launch Regulatory & Accreditation Micro-Credential to Advance Quality and Patient Safety
New program combines NAHQ’s healthcare quality competency leadership with Joint Commission’s regulatory and accreditation expertise to deliver practical, real-world accreditation skills CHICAGO, January 20, 2026 — The National Association for Healthcare...
National Association for Healthcare Quality Announces 2026 Board of Directors
NAHQ Announced 2026 Board of Directors CHICAGO, — The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) today announced its 2026 Board of Directors, a distinguished group of healthcare quality and safety leaders who will guide...
NAHQ Named a Modern Healthcare Best in Business Award Recipient in Associations Category for Second Consecutive Year
CHICAGO (January 12, 2026) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) has been named a recipient of Modern Healthcare’s Best in Business Award for 2025, marking the second consecutive year the organization has earned...
NAHQ Honors Excellence in Healthcare Quality Leadership
Association Recognizes Distinguished Fellows and Rising Quality Stars in Announcement of its 2025 Annual Awards CHICAGO (December 19, 2025) – The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) recognizes outstanding healthcare Quality professionals through its annual awards...
The Workforce Imperative Behind Rural Health Transformation
The recently authorized $50B Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and implemented by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is intended to address long-standing challenges in rural...
NAHQ Momentum: Two years of progress in Quality & Safety
The past couple of years have provided defining moments for the healthcare quality profession. Through our unwavering commitment to improvement, NAHQ advanced its mission to elevate quality as a foundational...
Redefining What’s Possible in Quality
As this year draws to a close and I end my time as President of the Board of NAHQ, I find myself both reflecting on how far we’ve come—and energized by...
NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado Named to Modern Healthcare’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare
NAHQ is proud to announce that Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Mercado, CAE, CPHQ, has been named to Modern Healthcare’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for the third consecutive year. This prestigious recognition...
Preparing the Healthcare Workforce for an AI-Enabled Future
As CEO, I regularly speak with people from across the healthcare industry. One theme consistently emerges: our workforce is being asked to deliver better quality and safety in an environment...
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