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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
NAHQ
Gives Birth to Six SIGs
SIG Listservs provide a great way to network with other
professionals in your healthcare setting and get quick responses to
questions that concern you. SIG Director Desila K. Rosetti, CPHQ,
explains their many benefits and how they work.
QUALITY COLLABORATIVE
Joint
Commission Q&A
This month’s submitted question: How often should we review data
from the ongoing professional practice evaluation? One consultant
told us that semiannual reports are not sufficient.
NQF’s New Health IT Consensus Standards Now
Available
The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently released the National
Voluntary Consensus Standards for Health Information Technology
Structural Measures 2008, which contains nine national
voluntary consensus standards for health information technology
(IT).
AHRQ Issues Two Funding Opportunity
Announcements
On January 2, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
issued two funding opportunity announcements that update previous
program announcements by including new AHRQ portfolio
objectives.
Every month, the Joint Commission answers questions from NAHQ
e-news readers.
What is your question for the Joint Commission?
ASSOCIATION NEWS
NAHQ
Backs Position Paper Sent to New Administration and
Congress
Quality Boot Camp Targets Organizational
Performance
June CPHQ Review Course
Virtual Receptions for New NAHQ Members
First-Ever State Leadership Summit
Live Audio Conference on Stroke Center
Certification
STATE NEWS
California,
Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, and
Mississippi
IN OTHER NEWS
Results
of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Pilot Study
Published
New NQF Issue Brief Examines Investing in
Value
IHI’s New Improvement Map
Patient Satisfaction Data Posted on Quality Check Web
site
Commonwealth Fund President: Insurance Reform Should Be
Tied to Healthcare Reform
INDUSTRY TRENDS
Freeing
Up Adult ICU Visitation
For the past 5 years, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA,
has worked hard to free up access to its intensive care unit (ICU).
Here’s how it was done.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Survey
Emphasizes Need for Team-Based Error Disclosure
Process
Although nurses routinely disclose nursing errors to patients, a
new study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality
and Patient Safety reveals that nurses often are not included
when physicians tell patients about serious mistakes.
SPOTLIGHT
From
Russian Studies to Healthcare Quality
Cheri C. Wilson, MA CPHQ, shares her unique career path from
Russian history academic to healthcare quality professional. She is
now president of the Maryland Association for Healthcare
Quality.
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