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July 2009
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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Are You Ready to Lead?
NAHQ President-Elect Linda Scribner says that the key to effective leadership is to stay focused on strategic planning—despite the daily concerns and responsibilities that many of us are immersed in.
QUALITY COLLABORATIVE
NQF Approves Criteria for Evaluating Composite Measures
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has identified and approved criteria for evaluating composite measures and endorsed composite measures in pediatric safety, patient safety, and mortality using the new evaluation criteria.
New AHRQ Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance
The majority of uninsured American families who are not covered by group health insurance through an employer cannot afford to buy health insurance, according to a new study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Joint Commission Q&A
This month’s submitted question: What is the best way for someone new to the area of healthcare quality improvement to learn about Joint Commission standards and requirements? And how can someone gain an understanding of the Joint Commission’s survey process, other than actually going through a survey?
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Election Results: 2010 NAHQ Board of Directors
Audio Conference on Developing Effective Patient Flow: August 19
Webcast on the Impact of the Lean Process on Healthcare: October 21
CPHQ Review Course: September 12–13
Quality Boot Camp: September 13
IHI Improvement Map to Be Featured at NAHQ Annual Conference
NAHQ Launches Conference Central
Link In to NAHQ!
Exciting Marketing Opportunities at the Annual Conference
Check Out NAHQ's Career Center
Letters to the Editor
IN OTHER NEWS
Case Studies of Top-Performing Hospitals
Hospitals Should Begin Submitting Cardiac Surgery Data on Structural Quality Measure
Influenza A (H1N1): WHO Checklist for Treating Patients
AHRQ Posts State Snapshots from Quality Report
Dallas-Area Master Patient Index Launched
INDUSTRY TRENDS
Dallas-Area Hospital Takes On the Swine Flu
You’ve just been alerted of an ongoing investigation of swine flu in your area. Now what? Janet Glowicz, MPH RN CIC, director of infection control at Denton Regional Medical Center in Denton, TX, shares how her hospital staff managed patient flow when it got the alert in spring 2009.
SPOTLIGHT
Rural Hospital Cuts Door-to-Transfer Time for Heart-Attack Patients in Half
Randee Handcock, BSN RN, clinical integration coordinator at Rapid City Regional Health in Rapid City, SD, explains how her integrated healthcare system, Regional Health, cut its door-to-transfer times in half over a 9–12 month period.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
How to Work Effectively in Complex Systems
Peter L. Bradford, MSN CPHQ, of Kaiser Permanente, says that strategic plans don’t have to be “dead on arrival,” thanks to new goals in healthcare aimed at gathering the right data, analyzing it frequently, and reacting to challenges appropriately and quickly.
SIG TRENDS
Acute Care SIG Becoming a Comprehensive Online Resource
Acute Care SIG facilitator Nancy Curdy, MSN RN ANP-C, provides an update on the Acute Care SIG and commends users for their “abundant networking.”
STATE NEWS
News from Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, and Texas
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