HQ Essentials: Competencies for the Healthcare Quality Profession define industry-elevating healthcare quality competencies to ensure that healthcare quality professionals are well-prepared to continue serving and leading in the quality roles of today and tomorrow. The HQ Essentials define six areas of competence: performance improvement and process improvement; population health and care transitions; health data analytics; patient safety; regulatory and accreditation; and quality review and accountability. These six areas are overlapping and interconnected because they share certain knowledge and skill requirements. The HQ Essentials apply to all healthcare settings across the continuum regardless of organizational size or clinical specialty.
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HQ Essentials: Competencies for the Healthcare Quality Profession define industry-elevating healthcare quality competencies to ensure that healthcare quality professionals are well prepared to continue serving and leading in the quality roles of today and tomorrow. The HQ Essentials define six areas of competence: performance improvement and process improvement; population health and care transitions; health data analytics; patient safety; regulatory and accreditation; and quality review and accountability. These six areas are overlapping and interconnected because they share certain knowledge and skill requirements. The HQ Essentials apply to all healthcare settings across the continuum regardless of organizational size or clinical specialty.
NAHQ sought insight from subject matter experts across the continuum of care, conducted literature reviews, examined current skill sets, and used a rapid cycle PDSA practice-based methodology to help better understand the profession’s evolution. The HQ Essentials build upon the foundational knowledge defined by the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality® (CPHQ).CPHQ sare universally recognized as qualified in their work and advance the profession of healthcare quality. The CPHQ content covers four domains of practice: Organizational Leadership, Health Data Analytics, Performance Measurement and Process Improvement, and Patient Safety.
When used as a professional development tool, the HQ Essentials assist Healthcare Quality Professionals assess their current competencies and determine those competency areas needing development. Healthcare Quality leaders can use the HQ Essentials to assess performance and gaps of individuals and teams within their areas of responsibility. The HQ Essentials clearly articulates the direction the Healthcare Quality Profession is headed while also leveraging Healthcare Quality Professionals as indispensable members of the healthcare team.
Published 2017.
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