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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Ride
the Wave to the Future
NAHQ Secretary-Treasurer Sandra Grinder, MSN RN CPHQ, says that the
board is working hard to become “the wave that influences other
healthcare organizations.”
ASSOCIATION NEWS
State Educational Grants
Conference Registration Update
New! NAHQ Product of the Month: NAHQ Guide to Quality
Management
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The NAHQ Guide to Quality Management (8th edition)
provides a comprehensive overview of healthcare quality management
in the healthcare setting. Presented in narrative format, it is a
useful study tool for the CPHQ certification examination and an
important resource for professionals wishing to expand their
knowledge of quality and performance improvement of processes and
outcomes. The cost is $75 for NAHQ members and $100 for nonmembers.
Click
here to order today! |
March 18 Webcast: “From the Cockpit to the Nursing
Unit”
Quality Boot Camp
Comments Requested on Proposed Regulation for Patient Safety
Organizations
Scribner Speaks on Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation
Compliance
New Guidance Improves Appeals Process for Medicare Recovery Audit
Contractor Denials
QUALITY COLLABORATIVE
AHRQ Reports: 2.3% Annual Improvement in Healthcare Quality from
1994 to 2005
MEMBER NEWS
NAHQ Teams
State News
2008 Journal for Healthcare Quality Reader
Survey
“A Huge and Awesome Journey” for Baylor Health Care
System
Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, was recently named recipient of
the National Quality Forum’s 2008 National Quality Healthcare
Award. Baylor’s Jean Baker, MA RN CPHQ, explains
why.
INDUSTRY TRENDS
Posters
Highlight Patient Safety—and Staff
Pride
Posters are a great way to showcase frontline staff members who
work hard to ensure patient safety, says Martha Page, MSN RN CPHQ,
of North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
A
Proactive Approach to Near-Miss
Occurrences
Yosef D. Dlugacz, PhD, of Krasnoff Quality Management Institute,
says that online reporting tools help increase the number of “good
catches.”
SPOTLIGHT
A
Shared Commitment
Helga Brake, PharmD CPHQ, of the University HealthSystem
Consortium, Oak Brook, IL, says that being both a pharmacist and a
CPHQ strengthens her commitment to healthcare quality. |
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.”
—Henry Ford
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