Want to attend Quality Talks but need to convince your boss? We drafted this letter—outlining the values of attending Quality Talks in person will bring to your organization. Fill in the blanks and show how this one-day event can bring you and your organization ideas for improving health care quality. Copy and paste it or click […]
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Quality Talks attracts a variety of health care leaders from different organizations. Our interactive hub sessions give you the unique opportunity to sit down with speakers and other attendees to continue the discussion, off-stage. Here is an updated list of attendees’ organizations who registered for this year’s event. Advent Advisory Group Advisory Board Company Agadia Systems […]
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Residing at the intersection of “big data” and population health, progressive plans are transforming into catalysts-not victims-of accountable care. Are plans dinosaurs? Hardly. Are they dynamic? Absolutely. Learn more.
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Myriad ideas have characterized the war on cancer, now in its 45th year as a public health priority. You might not have heard of some of the most promising and controversial strategies-they run counter to conventional wisdom. Learn more.
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Quality Talks attracts a variety of health care leaders from different organizations. Our interactive hub sessions give you the unique opportunity to sit down with speakers and other attendees to continue the discussion, off-stage. Here is a list of attendees’ organizations who registered for this year’s event. The list is growing everyday! Advent Advisory Group […]
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From the neurochemistry of addiction to the economics of old age, we head far afield to target root causes of poor health care quality. Join us on October 24 to hear about disparities and other health drivers that affect health care quality, one of our themes in 2016. Learn more.
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Check out this video. It is our latest promotional video for Quality Talks 2016 coming up on October 24 So, why are we writing on the blog about this so early? Well, seats are going fast. We’re getting close to the summer vacation season and we want to make sure you get in before it […]
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Don’t miss your chance to register and save 25% on the country’s most inspiring health care event. Join this dynamic discussion where health care thought leaders share ideas, discoveries & passion for the future of health care.
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The 2016 Quality Speakers have been announced! See a full list of speakers and the categories for this years event here.
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If you know anything about NCQA, you know we’re all about data and measurement. So, we collected feedback from our audience for the inaugural Quality Talks to guide our efforts moving ahead. A quick summary? They loved it. Here are just some of the unedited comments from our surveys: 1. [Quality Talks is] Educational, entertaining, […]
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As you might imagine, when we held the first Quality Talks in the autumn of last year, we were anxious to hear what our guests and speakers thought about, well, everything. The speakers. The topics of the talks. The venue. One of the things we heard about most was the format. They liked the short, […]
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Seven, short and sweet. In the “Seven Observations” video below, we feature a quick snippet from several speakers at last year’s Quality Talks. A simple sound bite just doesn’t do them justice. I encourage you to look at all “The Talks” here. But if you’re short on time, these seven observations give you a quick […]
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On November 9, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) hosted Quality Talks 2015. It was not your ordinary conference. Quality Talks bought together health care innovators, speakers who had new and thought-provoking insights on how we can improve American health care. [View the story “Quality Talks 2015 Recap” on Storify]
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NCQA will be hosting a series of Twitter chats featuring speakers from this November’s Quality Talks. See more information below on how you can participate. Ask Rebecca Onie your questions with hashtag #qualitytalks for her twitter chat on September 15 at noon. Ask your questions. Rebecca Onie is the Co-Founder & CEO of Health Leads. She is […]
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance hosted a Twitter Chat with Donna Cryer, President and CEO of the Global Liver Institute, on Thursday, August 13. [View the story “Donna Cryer On The Patient’s Perspective of Quality” on Storify]
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This blog is part of an ongoing series featuring spotlights on speakers at this year’s Quality Talks. Interested in attending? Register today. Sitting in his scrubs, Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky explains how easily details can be overlooked when treating a patient. There are real system challenges in care coordination. Don’t Wait: Reserve your seat for Quality […]
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Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, a health care technology advocate and Quality Talks speaker discusses quality in health care. [View the story “Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky Talks Health Care Tech” on Storify]
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This blog is part of an ongoing series featuring spotlights on speakers at this year’s Quality Talks. Interested in attending? Register today. The United States is all wrong in how it does health insurance and primary care, and Thompson Aderinkomi knows how to improve the situation now: by taking employers out of the equation. “One […]
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This blog is part of an ongoing series featuring spotlights on speakers at this year’s Quality Talks. Interested in attending? Register today. It’s a crisis. That’s how Mary Roth McClurg describes our nation’s love-hate relationship with the medicines we take. McClurg says much of the $271 billion we spent on prescription drugs last year was […]
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This blog is part of an ongoing series featuring spotlights on speakers at this year’s Quality Talks. Interested in attending? Register today. Ignore the reflex. Ignore the inevitable draw of human nature. That’s the health care quality prescription from Sachin Jain, MD, Chief Medical Officer at CareMore Health System in Southern California. What is this […]
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