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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
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Clear Vision
NAHQ President-Elect Cathy Munn, MPH RHIA CPHQ, explains what it
means to “Ride the New Wave” in healthcare quality and why it’s an
opportune time to share our vision with other key players in the
healthcare arena.
QUALITY COLLABORATIVE
New AHRQ Site Features Healthcare Innovations and
Tools
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s new Web site, The
Health Care Innovation Exchange, allows users to learn about,
share, and adopt innovations in the delivery of healthcare
services.
Joint Commission Q & A
This month’s submitted question: Are emergency room physicians
required to mark a site and/or do a time-out if they are repairing
a laceration in the emergency department?
ASSOCIATION NEWS
NAHQ’s 33rd Annual Educational Conference
Thomas Smith to Attend Pacific Health Summit
NAHQ President Thomas M. Smith has been invited to attend the 2008
Pacific Health Summit, “The Global Nutrition Challenge: Getting a
Healthy Start.”
David Loose Represents NAHQ at WHO International Consultation
Meeting
David Loose, MSN RN CNAA CPHQ, chair of the Healthcare Quality
Certification Board, recently represented NAHQ at the “Safe Surgery
Saves Lives” International Consultation meeting of the World Health
Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
Product of the Month: Patient Safety: Principles and
Practice
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New Volunteers Join Journal for Healthcare Quality’s
Review Panel
NAHQ 2008 Salary Survey
Update Your Contact Information
MEMBER NEWS
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South Dakota, and Tennessee
How to Manage Your Listserv Mail
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Collaboration
Needed Between Quality and CME Professionals
Barbara A. Fuchs, MS RN CPHQ FNAHQ, director of
operations–professional education support, Wyeth, Collegeville, PA,
says that quality professionals are in a unique position to
collaborate with continuing medical education (CME) professionals
to develop and provide comprehensive educational strategies linked
to performance improvement objectives.
SPOTLIGHT
Mark
Chassin on the Future of Healthcare
Mark
R. Chassin, MD MPP MPH, president of The Joint Commission, provides
an overview of the organization’s new and upcoming initiatives.
INDUSTRY TRENDS
Aetna
Health Plan Joins Effort to Improve Patient
Safety
Health plans have a role to play in improving patient safety, says
Don Liss, MD, Aetna regional medical director, mid-Atlantic region.
This year Aetna has added a provision that, among other things,
calls for hospitals to report “never events.”
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.”
—Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (1820–1903)
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