National Association of Healthcare Quality offers pathway for quality, safety training

To support quality efforts across Oregon, the Hospital Association of Oregon encourages members to take advantage of The Joint Commission-endorsed National Association for Healthcare Quality’s (NAHQ) Competency Framework. 

These education opportunities come at the recommendation of quality leaders across the state—including experts in STEMI, stroke, trauma, quality, regulatory, and compliance—and reflect a shared commitment to building strong, systemwide quality leadership. 

HQ Concepts is a one-hour, online course that teaches frontline staff the techniques to complete a cycle of improvement, implement sustainable change in processes, and articulate improvements made. 

The program covers the following six topics: 

• The evolution of health care quality 
• Principles of quality improvement 
• Quality improvement processes and methods 
• Data-driven decision making 
• Teamwork at all levels 
• Putting it all together: Driving health care quality into the future 

Upon completing the program, participants will: 

• Have a shared vocabulary and toolkit for delivering quality safety and value across all functional areas and levels of a health care organization. 
• Earn one hour of continuing education credit.  

To learn more and register, click here. 

HQ Principles: Across the Continuum is a six-hour, self-paced course that is appropriate for those new to health care quality or anyone seeking to refresh and improve their understanding of basic health care quality concepts. 

HQ Principles: Across the Continuum introduces fundamental quality and patient safety principles, methodologies, and concepts that enable professionals working in health care quality to expand their knowledge and integrate quality into practice settings. 

HQ Principles: Across the Continuum includes: 

• Quality improvement tools that can be used for quality improvement projects 
• Case studies that demonstrate health care improvement projects and the use of quality tools across the care continuum 
• Information on data visualization tools 
• Downloadable participant workbook 

Upon completion of the course, participants earn six hours of continuing education credit.  

To learn more and register, click here.