 |
 |
|
|
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Four
SIGs to Begin in January
SIG Director Denise Donnelly explains the benefits of NAHQ’s first
special interest groups (SIGs)—acute care, behavioral health,
critical access/rural, and managed care—that will begin in
January.
QUALITY COLLABORATIVE
Joint Commission Q & A
This month’s submitted question: How will The Joint Commission
monitor progress toward a culture of safety and the occurrence of
disruptive behavior in the workplace among healthcare
providers?
New AHRQ Tool Helps Hospitals Evaluate Disaster
Drills
Hospitals can now identify the most important strengths and
weaknesses in their disaster response plans using a new tool from
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality.
ASSOCIATION NEWS
NAHQ’s New “Tell a Colleague” Program
Don’t Miss These Conference Highlights: Featured Speaker
Mark Chassin, MD, Quality Forum, Book Signings, Recorded
Sessions
“Celebrate the Spirit” with Healthcare Quality Week October
19–25
2009 Call for Abstracts
In Other News ...
NQF Endorses National Health Information Technology
Standards
CMS to Hold Town Hall Meeting on RAC
IHI’s “Web&ACTION” Program Targets the Emergency
Department
PSO Common Formats Version 0.1 Beta Now
Available
Does Streamlining Administrative Requirements Affect
Quality?
MEMBER NEWS
Time
to Recertify Your CPHQ Credential?
State News—from Arizona, California, Florida,
Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and
Washington
SPOTLIGHT
Q&A
With Terry Haslinger of Munson Medical Center
Munson Medical Center (MMC), Traverse City, MI, is this year’s top
recipient of the American Hospital Association–McKesson Quest for
Quality Prize. MMC’s Administrator for Performance Improvement and
Patient Safety, Terry Haslinger, speaks with NAHQ E-News
about the honor.
INDUSTRY TRENDS
Critical
Access Hospitals are Eager to Share
Charlie White, CPHQ, director of rural health quality at the
Foundation for Healthy Communities, Concord, NH, says that critical
access hospitals, although relatively few in number at about 1,300
nationwide, place enormous value on quality and performance. And
they want the public to know it.
|
|
|
|
|
