Join us for the 2009 Leadership Colloquium on Tuesday, May 19
Please join us for the Leadership Colloquium, "Healthcare Leadership Strategies in Times of Economic Crisis and Political Opportunity," on May 19 from 2 to 6 pm ET in Washington DC.
Keynote speaker US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will discuss his health care priorities, including investments in quality improvement, health information technology, and a new reimbursement structure, as well as the status of health reform on Capitol Hill.
The colloquium agenda and registration information is available here. |
Corrigan Named Among "Top 25 Women in Healthcare"
NQF president and CEO Janet Corrigan was named to Modern Healthcare’s list of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare. The honorees are female executives who are making a difference through their leadership roles in the healthcare industry.
"Corrigan is synonymous with healthcare quality-improvement efforts in America today." – Modern Healthcare
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Save the Date!
Join us for the National Quality Healthcare Award Celebration and networking reception on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 6 p.m. in Washington, DC. The celebration will honor Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, the winner of the 2009 National Quality Healthcare Award. Learn more about the Award criteria here.
To register, please contact meetings@qualityforum.org
The award is presented in partnership with Modern Healthcare and Studer Group.
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Practices To Help Reduce Disparities In Healthcare
In healthcare, issues such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, or socioeconomic status should not determine quality of care. To reduce disparities, NQF recently endorsed a framework and practices to guide healthcare systems in providing care that is culturally appropriate and patient-centered. Practices cover issues like communication, community engagement and workforce training.
Learn more about NQF's work around culturally competent care.
Access the report.
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Safe
Practices Webinar on May 14: Healthcare Associated
Infections
Thank you to everyone who participated in the first of a series of Safe Practices webinars hosted by NQF and TMIT. The audio file and presenters’ slides for the Webinar “An Overview of Safe Practices” are available here.
We hope you will join us for the next webinar on Thursday, May 14 from 1 – 2:30 pm ET when we will talk about Safe Practices for preventing Healthcare Associated Infections. Register for this webinar. |
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as the gold standard for measurement of healthcare
quality. Votes and comments from our varied
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the gold standard. See all projects
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open calls for measures and nominations.
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