Competency standards for Quality are needed now more than ever
September 11, 2024Share:
Healthcare Quality is foundational to achieving the overarching goals of every healthcare provider: improving population health, enhancing patient experiences, controlling costs, and more. Yet we are not where we need to be – Why?
This op-ed in Modern Healthcare by NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado reveals new research uncovering vast disparity in how we define and deliver Quality and makes the case for why the time has come to advance a national workforce competency standard if we are to achieve Quality, and healthcare, excellence.
There is a roadmap to healthcare Quality excellence. NAHQ can help you follow it.
The NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™ serves as the industry-standard, defining the Quality Safety competencies, skills and behaviors required to advance Quality & Safety excellence across the healthcare continuum.
This expert-created, data-informed framework is continuously validated and updated by NAHQ to ensure it provides the most up-to-date information, guiding professionals, organizations, and the healthcare industry to create a competent, coordinated workforce prepared to deliver healthcare excellence.
