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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Calling
All Leaders!
Heidi Benson, MS RN CPHQ FNAHQ, immediate past president of NAHQ,
believes that “NAHQ’s best times are yet to come” and encourages
members to actively serve their profession.
QUALITY COLLABORATIVE
Joint
Commission Q&A
This month’s submitted question: What changes have been made to the
Universal Protocol?
National Priorities Partnership Releases Action
Agenda
The National Priorities Partnership, a diverse group of national
organizations convened by the National Quality Forum, has released
an action agenda to transform healthcare during a time of severe
economic strain.
HHS Issues a Final Rule for PSOs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a final
rule for patient safety organizations (PSOs) that takes effect on
January 19, 2009.
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Welcome,
New NAHQ Board Members
NAHQ’s 24-Month Education Calendar Available
Online
Audio Conference on Joint Commission Leadership
Standards
Holiday Sale through December 31
Downloadable Products Just Released!
New Publishing Arrangement for the Journal for
Healthcare Quality
Joint Commission Report: Hospital of the
Future
Update on Joint Commission Hospital Advisory Council
Meeting
MEMBER NEWS
Making
the Top-10 List
Alice Currie, MS RN CPHQ, explains why her hospital, Holy Name
Hospital, Teaneck, NJ, was named one of the top 10 in the “100 Best
Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare
magazine.
State News—from California, Louisiana,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Members on the Move
INDUSTRY TRENDS
New
Guide Spotlights Practical Approaches for Building a
Patient-Centered Culture
Planetree, a 30-year-old not-for-profit membership network of more
than 140 healthcare organizations, and the Picker Institute, an
international nonprofit organization, have issued a new guide on
patient-centered care.
INDUSTRY TRENDS: Medical Homes
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH): NAHQ
E-News invites you to share your experience with the PCMH
model. Send articles to e-news@nahq.org. This month’s
features:
Attention Turns to the Patient-Centered Medical
Home
Redefining Health Care: The Best of Yesterday …
Today
Texas Medicaid Managed Care and the Medical
Home
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
PSOs
Turn to Common Formats
For the first time, it will be possible to aggregate sufficient
volumes of patient safety event data to identify underlying
patterns and causes of risks, says Rhonda Davis, MHSA BS RN CPHQ,
of the Patient Safety Organization Privacy Protection Center,
created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
SPOTLIGHT
Novant
Health Improves Hand Hygiene Compliance and Reduces MRSA
infections
A recipient of the Joint Commission’s 2008 Ernest Amory Codman
Award discusses the organization’s use of outcomes measurement to
improve the quality and safety of healthcare.
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