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NAHQ Micro-Credentials: Patient Safety
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Availability
On-Demand
Cost
Non-Member: $529.00
Standard Member: $370.00
Premium Member: $265.00
CPHQ Member: $370.00
Student Member: $370.00
Credit Offered
12 CPHQ CE Credits
12 CNE Credits
Patient safety sits at the heart of high‑quality care, and every healthcare professional plays a critical role in creating environments where harm is prevented and learning is continuous. To strengthen a culture of safety, organizations must consistently apply safety science, encourage transparent reporting, and engage teams in understanding risk, addressing system vulnerabilities, and driving improvement. Building and sustaining this culture requires knowledge, structure, and daily practice, not simply a reaction to events.

The Patient Safety Micro‑Credential equips healthcare professionals with the essential skills and concepts needed to advance patient safety across their organizations. Through seven interactive, scenario‑based modules, participants explore the core principles of safety science, high‑reliability behaviors, human factors engineering, psychological safety, just culture, event reporting, safety intelligence, and collaborative governance. They learn to analyze safety culture, identify and mitigate risk, interpret and apply safety data, and lead practices that promote open communication and shared accountability.

Grounded in NAHQ’s Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™, this program provides immediately applicable tools for quality professionals and leaders who influence safety outcomes each day. By the end of the program, participants will be able to integrate safety science into quality improvement work, guide cross‑functional efforts to reduce harm, and create sustained improvements that strengthen safety culture over time. Successful completion earns a digital badge and certificate, offering verifiable recognition of mastery in this critical domain.
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