Navigating the Next Era: Industry Leadership in a Changing Healthcare Landscape-Navigating the Next Era: Industry Leadership in a Changing Healthcare Landscape

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Josh Berlin moderates a conversation with Jonathan Perlin (Joint Commission) and Stephanie Mercado (National Association for Healthcare Quality, NAHQ) about leading quality and safety in a rapidly changing healthcare environment and about their new strategic alliance.<br /><br />Mercado says she’s energized by the industry’s growing appetite for “solutions” and a renewed willingness to make significant change. Perlin agrees, noting turbulence accelerates change and highlighting AI as a defining technology that can improve quality, safety, and operations—especially by reducing documentation burden and enabling learning from data.<br /><br />They describe their alliance as combining NAHQ’s strength in developing individual competencies with the Joint Commission’s role in elevating organizational performance through accreditation. Early outcomes include scholarships for safety-net organizations, endorsement of NAHQ’s Healthcare Quality Competency Framework (“the Wheel”), a push for Joint Commission field staff to hold CPHQ certification, and development of a micro-credential in regulatory and accreditation.<br /><br />Perlin outlines major Joint Commission initiatives: Accreditation 360 (simplifying requirements and focusing on what matters most), new children’s health standards work, responsible AI governance with CHAI, and a new Research Center to measure impact and reduce burden. Both emphasize that quality drives financial sustainability (“return on quality”). They close with leadership advice: lean in, stay optimistic and authentic, care for yourself, and commit to growth.

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Speakers: Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, MACP, FACMI, Stephanie Mercado, CAE, CPHQ

Healthcare is poised to undergo more transformation in the next three years than it has in the past three decades. Join NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado and Joint Commission President and CEO Jonathan Perlin for a fireside chat on what it takes to lead healthcare at the industry level during unprecedented times of change. They’ll discuss how their organizations are evolving to stay relevant and drive impact. They’ll share candid insights on the challenges, opportunities and their shared commitment to helping advance quality and safety.

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Domain Tag Quality Leadership and Integration

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Quality Leadership and Integration

healthcare quality and safety leadership

Joint Commission strategic alliance

NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework (the Wheel)

CPHQ certification

Accreditation 360 initiative

responsible AI governance in healthcare (CHAI)

reducing documentation burden with AI

micro-credential in regulatory and accreditation

return on quality financial sustainability