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The state of healthcare Quality
NAHQ has released new findings from its two-year national study aimed at understanding the priorities for healthcare leaders, perceptions of and the role of healthcare quality, and the impact of these data points. Representing feedback from executives, quality professionals and frontline clinicians across the U.S., the data reveal encouraging shifts...
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New NAHQ report quantifies return on investment for quality (ROI-Q)
For the first time ever, NAHQ has quantified the financial return on investing in quality and patient safety (ROI-Q) refuting the false choice that quality must come at the expense of reducing cost. In fact, it demonstrates that the opposite is true: investing in the workforce to advance quality and...
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ACHE | Connecting Workforce Strategies to Quality Improvement
August 2025 ACHE Healthcare leaders are under more pressure than...
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NAHQ’s Annual Conference NAHQ next: Healthcare Leaders Address What’s Next in Healthcare Quality
NAHQ next brings together over 150 leading experts to present...
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Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis to Prevent Pressure Injuries: Learning Health System Helped One Hospital Adapt and Update Care in Real Time
PHILADELPHIA (May 7, 2021) – Early in the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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NAHQ Launches Groundbreaking Research on Why Competency Standardization Matters for Healthcare Improvement
NAHQ’s professional assessment of the healthcare quality workforce is the...
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NAHQ Joins IHI National Steering Committee for Patient Safety
Recently at the invitation of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), NAHQ...
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JCI and NAHQ Collaborate to Offer Quality and Patient Safety Training Program
Joint Commission International and National Association for Healthcare Quality Collaborate...
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Lessons Learned in ChristianaCare’s Hospital at Home Program
September 2022 Patricia Resnik, MJ, MBA, RRT, CPHQ, CHC, FACHE,...
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Patient Safety Courses A Tough Sell At Medical Schools
February 2023 Modern Healthcare NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado is among...
Read MoreTo achieve Quality, Safety and Value, follow the NAHQ Framework
At the core of all NAHQ offerings is our Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™. This twice-validated Framework, endorsed by Joint Commission, identifies the domains that define Quality and the industry standard competencies required to effectively advance Quality and advance healthcare.
