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S DesHarnais1, J Genovich-Richards
1Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Abstract:
The Healthcare Quality Educational Foundation (HQEF), in its quest to identify formal educational opportunities for healthcare quality leaders, determined that academia lacked a standardized curriculum for healthcare quality management. Because a majority of the members of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) expressed a need for master's degree programs, the foundation appointed a committee composed of academicians and quality management professionals to define a curriculum appropriate for a master's degree program with a concentration in healthcare quality management. This article identifies the HQEF's goals and outlines the activities undertaken by the committee to define guidelines for colleges and universities interested in developing master's degree programs.
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