HQ Solutions: Resource for the Healthcare Quality Professional

Selected as a Doodys Core Title for 2022! 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 professionals 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 About the Authors/Editors Luc R. Pelletier MSN APRN PMHCNS-BC CPHQ FNAHQ FAAN is Senior Specialist in Nursing at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science a core adjunct faculty member at National University and a healthcare consultant in San Diego California. Christy L. Beaudin PhD LCSW CPHQ FNAHQ is Principal Consultant with CL Beaudin & Associates in Los Angeles CA and is adjunct faculty at the University of Redlands.