Share your knowledge and expertise with NAHQ and volunteer for the recently developed Subject Matter Expert Task Team. This committee will develop a process for building and sustaining a network of individuals to serve as expert resources in different areas of the healthcare quality profession.
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Oct
Oct
Healthcare Quality Week: Share Your Ideas, Take NAHQ’s Member Survey
Healthcare Quality Week is in full swing! This week is all about recognizing the importance and value of healthcare quality professionals. NAHQ also takes this week to celebrate our dedicated members. That includes hearing about your challenges, your needs and your suggestions for NAHQ through our 2010 Membership Survey.
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Oct
Oct
Healthcare Quality Week: It’s Time to Celebrate You!
NAHQ is excited to acknowledge and celebrate dedicated quality professionals this week during Healthcare Quality Week, October 17-23. Your commitment to quality improves the lives of patients, customers and communities.
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Oct
Oct
AAHQ News – Summer 2010 (2nd Edition)
From the formation of a new PSO to preparations for Healthcare Quality Week, we've had a lot going on. So, we decided to publish a second summer edition of our newsletter!
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Oct
Oct
Celebrate National Healthcare Quality Week!
Healthcare Quality Week (HQW) features the work of healthcare quality professionals and highlights their influence on improved patient care outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
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Aug
Aug
American Data Network Issues Call for Applications for 2010 Healthcare Quality Grant
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (Aug 4, 2010) – American Data Network, an organization that provides platforms for maximizing hospital operating efficiencies and improving patient safety, announced a call for applications for the 2010 Healthcare Quality Grant.
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Aug
Aug
HQF Kicks It Up a Notch at NAHQ’s Upcoming Annual Conference
The Healthcare Quality Foundation is hosting a Line Dancing Reception on Saturday, October 2nd from 5:30 – 6:30 PM. With the help of instructors, we are going to release our inner performer while raising funds to support grants for fellow quality professionals.
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Jul
Jul
NQF Forms New Health IT Advisory Committee
To guide its ongoing work in health information technology (HIT), the National Quality Forum (NQF) has formed a new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). Members of the new advisory committee represent a wide range of healthcare stakeholders, including consumers, providers, clinicians, purchasers, suppliers, and public and community healthcare organizations.
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Jul
Jul
Joint Commission Alert: Violence Rising at Healthcare Facilities
A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert warns that healthcare facilities today are being confronted with steadily increasing rates of crime, including assault, rape, and murder.
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Jul
Jul
NCQA Convenes Experts to Define Criteria for ACOs
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Washington, DC, has convened a multi-stakeholder Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Task Force to help develop a consensus on ACO qualifying and monitoring criteria. ACOs are provider-based organizations that establish accountability for both the quality and costs of healthcare for a defined population.
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