Message From NAHQ Leadership An Exciting Year Ahead
As I begin my role as NAHQ President, I want to share my excitement about the opportunity to advance our profession and to establish the critical importance of your role in a quickly changing healthcare environment that requires our knowledge and leadership. I am committed to continuing the great work of NAHQ in providing leading-edge training and certification for quality professionals. I am empowered by NAHQ’s efforts to position healthcare quality and its professionals as leaders in this new era of healthcare – one that demands the demonstration of improved patient and financial outcomes to meet new goals for value in healthcare. Read more
INDUSTRY NEWS
Health Data Analytics
Benchmarking Implications Analysis of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Spending Level and Quality of Care
Early evidence has shown that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have achieved some success in improving the quality of care and reducing Medicare costs. This cross-sectional retrospective study compares financial and quality of care performance between high spending and low spending ACOs. Read more
Performance and Process Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHRQ Offers Evidence-Based Tools to Improve Primary Care
AHRQ’s new EvidenceNOW resource is a collection of more than 100 online tools to help primary care practices increase their use of evidence and improve patient care. Read more
Regulatory and Accreditation The Joint Commission
Get the 4-1-1 on High-Risk Areas of Joint Commission Surveys
The Joint Commission has launched an interactive webpage for the 4-1-1 on Survey Enhancements series that provides resources for four high-risk areas that Joint Commission surveyors evaluate: sterile medication compounding, suicide prevention high-level disinfection and sterilization, and hemodialysis. Read more
Quality Review and Accountability Medisolv White Paper
Raising Quality Performance Awareness to Achieve Success in Year One of MIPS
Over the last decade, physicians have been tasked with adopting a new way of documenting their quality measures. Since the inception of the EHR and the subsequent increasing requirements to adopt that EHR technology, they have started to feel the strain of their time and resources to adopt this new system. The physicians at Pella Regional Health Center in Pella, Iowa were no different. Read more
Association News
CPHQ Recertification Deadline January 31, 2019, 11:59 pm CT
The Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality® (CPHQ) validates knowledge of healthcare quality. As the healthcare quality profession rapidly changes, it is vital that professionals maintain the skills and credibility gained through the CPHQ by recertifying the credential. Each recertification cycle lasts two years. Recertify today
NAHQ Next Abstracts Deadline Extended
January 25, 2019, 11:59 pm CT
Did you lead a transformative quality improvement initiative recently? Do you have a success story to share? Submit an abstract for a breakout session or poster presentation at NAHQ Next, taking place September 16-18 in Phoenix, AZ. Abstracts will be accepted through January 25, 2019. Learn more
Certification Grant Application Deadline January 31, 2019
Are you going to sit for the CPHQ exam in 2019? Consider applying for a Certification Grant funded by the Healthcare Quality Foundation. Apply today
UAB's Online Master's Program in Healthcare Quality and Safety CPHQ Recognized for Master's Level Credit
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has partnered with NAHQ to make the MS in Healthcare Quality and Safety a great fit for working professionals. The 36 credit-hour program includes a capstone project where students tackle a problem, and acquire skills to lead health care quality improvement strategies and teams.Learn more
Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Award January 21, 2019, 10:59 pm CT
This award honors an individual, organization, or team who has significantly impacted the field of patient safety through critical analysis, research, education, or knowledge dissemination. Nomination must be received by January 21, 2019. Learn more
Our online certificate program introduces quality and patient safety fundamentals, methodologies, and concepts to you or your team. It can also serve as a refresher for experienced quality professionals.
This role combines the clinical expertise required to change practice with the leadership skills to influence clinical processes, systems, and outcomes.
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