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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, professional development, and advancing excellence across the field. It emphasizes NAHQ’s ongoing commitment to adapting to the changing healthcare landscape...
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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 to address them. Read now
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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...
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The state of healthcare Quality
NAHQ has released new findings from its two-year national study...
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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...
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This expert-created, data-informed Framework is continuously validated and updated by NAHQ to ensure it provides the most up-to-date information, guiding professionals, organizations, and the healthcare industry to create a competent, coordinated workforce prepared to deliver healthcare excellence.
