Newswise — Glenview, IL— May 21, 2013— The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) announces the release of the complete third edition of their respected foundational publication Q Solutions: Essential Resources for the Healthcare Quality Professional. The new text expands and reinforces the foundational knowledge for healthcare quality and patient safety professionals working across the care continuum.
Q Solutions, 3rd edition, is a valuable resource for any healthcare quality professional, serving as a comprehensive quality and safety reference. It is also the recommended preparation tool for those seeking to complete the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) certification.
“The content included in Q Solutions is invaluable to any professional responsible for the oversight or implementation of quality and safety practices in their organization, but NAHQ continues to seek innovative ways to deliver this and other material to today’s professionals in a modern and convenient format. Q Solutions, 3rd edition, delivers on this point and is a testament to NAHQ’s commitment to innovation,” says Lee Hamilton, NAHQ President.
The third edition is edited once again by respected healthcare quality leaders, educators, and authors Luc R. Pelletier, MSN PMHCNS-BC CPHQ FNAHQ FAAN, and Christy L. Beaudin, PhD LCSW CPHQ FNAHQ. “Q Solutions covers the breadth and depth of critical areas for professional development and leadership, including frameworks for quality management, the linking of science with practice, and the translation of data into practical information,” says Pelletier.
“Q Solutions provides healthcare quality professionals with the theoretical premises for practice, principles for leading highly reliable organizations, tools to measure, monitor, and determine actions and interventions to produce sustainable improvements in healthcare quality while controlling costs,” reiterates Beaudin.
Pelletier and Beaudin led a team of expert NAHQ volunteer authors in developing and drafting content for the third edition, which is published in a new modular format. Comprised of five stand-alone volumes, the books can be purchased as a set or by individual module. New modules will be added to the core set as content is identified to keep pace with innovations and the advancement of healthcare quality science.
The five core modules of Q Solutions: Essential Resources for the Healthcare Quality Professional, 3rd edition, include:• Q Solutions: Leadership and Management. Authored by Cathy E. Duquette, PhD RN CPHQ NEA-BC, this module covers principles of leadership, strategic planning for quality, aligning activities with strategic goals, organization methods for improvement, identifying stakeholders and communicating goals and more.• Q Solutions: Quality and Performance Improvement. Authored by Susan V. White, PhD RN CPHQ NEA-BC FNAHQ, this module covers establishing priorities for quality and performance improvement activities, translating strategic goals into outcomes, decision support, data interpretation, benchmarking and more.• Q Solutions: Healthcare Safety was authored by series editors Christy L. Beaudin, PhD LCSW CPHQ FNAHQ, and Luc R. Pelletier, MSN PMHCNS-BC CPHQ FNAHQ FAAN. This module covers creating a healthcare safety culture, healthcare safety goals, strategic and operational considerations, NQF never events, safety improvement tools and more.• Q Solutions: Information Management. Authored by Robert J. Rosati, PhD, this module covers Institute of Medicine imperatives, public reporting of quality, analysis and interpretation of data and decision-support tools, benchmarking, management information systems including evaluation and implementation of a system and more.• Q Solutions: Accreditation, Regulation, and Continuous Readiness was authored by Diane S. Brown, PhD RN CPHQ FNAHQ FAAN. This module covers regulatory agencies and the impact of regulations on healthcare quality and safety, continuous readiness activities including leadership commitment, individual accountability, organizational assessment and survey procedures and more.
Q Solutions: Essential Resources for the Healthcare Quality Professional, 3rd Edition, is now available for purchase online. Learn more or place an order at www.NAHQ.org/qsolutions. For more information or to inquire about bulk purchases for course textbooks, libraries or other CPHQ preparation, contact NAHQ at [email protected] or call 800.966.9392.
###About NAHQSince 1976, the National Association for Healthcare Quality has served as an essential and interactive resource for quality and patient safety professionals around the world. Over 12,000 members and CPHQs turn to NAHQ for education, research, networking, certification, and resources designed to ease and improve their daily work.
NAHQ’s vision is to realize the promise of healthcare improvement through innovative practices in quality and patient safety. Each program, initiative and alliance we initiate reflects our members’ values of excellence, integrity, innovation and collaboration. Visit www.nahq.org to learn more.
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