HQ Solutions: Resource for the Healthcare Quality Professional

For comprehensive guidance on creating quality structures that  support patient/provider collaboration, cost-effective solutions, and  safe, efficient care, get the fully updated HQ Solutions , an official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).

Written  by HQ experts and applicable to all practice settings, this essential  resource offers healthcare quality professionals the theoretical and  practical basis for safe, reliable, cost-effective care, including the  use of state-of-the-art tools for measuring, monitoring, selecting, and  managing data. Invaluable for preparing for the Certified Professional  in Healthcare Quality® (CPHQ) certification exam, this is an optimal  healthcare quality professional’s resource.

Create a safer, more efficient care environment, with proven quality improvement practices …

• NEW quality and safety tools and techniques adaptable to any care setting
• NEWand updated content on recent changes in U.S. healthcare quality requirements, legislation, and reform
• NEW content on core skills and methods of organizational leadership,  patient safety, performance and process improvement, and health data  analytics
• Key resource for HQ principles and practices —vital for healthcare quality professionals including nurses,  instructors, researchers, consultants, and clinicians in all practice  settings, including home care, hospices, skilled nursing facilities,  rehab, and ambulatory care, as well as healthcare organizations,  healthcare boards, and government agencies
• Organizational Leadership
  • Leadership fundamentals and principles, quality and safety infrastructure, strategic planning, and change management
  • Real-life scenarios solved with proven leadership formulas and evidence-based solutions
  • Performance measures, key performance and quality indicators, and performance improvement models
• Accreditation, Regulation, and Continuous Readiness
  • Impact of regulations on healthcare quality and safety
  • Continuous readiness activities
  • Organizational assessment, survey procedures, and more
• Health Data Analytics
  • Foundations of a solid data management system
  • Tools, approaches, and application of data management systems, data collection, interpretation, and reporting
  • Analysis tools and basic statistical techniques and methods
• Patient Safety
  • Practical tools for safety assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
  • Components of a safety culture
  • Effective risk management strategies
  • Performance, Safety, and Process Improvement
  • Key principles and practices
  • Critical pathways, effective team building, decision support, benchmarking
  • IOM imperatives, analysis and interpretation of data, decision-support tools , and more