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The HQCB neither sponsors, endorses nor financially benefits from any review courses or published materials for the CPHQ certification examination. Examination questions are written from a wide variety of publications and resources in the field. Some suggested preparation for the examination might include but should not be limited to the following resources:

  1. The CPHQ Self Assessment exam: This exam is used to assess whether or not a candidate is prepared for the CPHQ examination.  www.cphq.org
  2. The Healthcare Quality Handbook: A Professional Resource and Study Guide.  Brown, Janet A. (2007/2008). 22nd Ed. www.jbqs.com.
  3. Quality Health Care: A Guide to Developing and Using Indicators.  Lloyd, Robert. (2004).
  4. To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. The Institute of Medicine. (2000).Making Important Statistics Simple: Can’t Miss.  Hansen, John P. (2005).
  5. The Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Handbook.  Westcock, Russell T. (2006).  3rd Ed.
  6. Facilitation at a Glance: Your Pocket Guide to Facilitation.  Bens, Ingrid.  (2008).  2nd Ed.
  7. Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare: A Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications.  Carey, Raymond G.  (2001).
  8. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.  Institute of Medicine.  (2001).
  9. Preventing Medication Errors.  Institute of Medicine.  (2007).
  10. Q- Solutions (NAHQ) www.nahq.org
  11. The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook. Pande, Peter, Neuman, Robert, & Cavanagh, Roland. 2002.
  12. The Six Sigma Memory Jogger II. Brassard, Michael, Finn, Lynda, Ginn, Dana & Ritter, Diane. 2002.
  13. Understanding Patient Safety. Wachter, Robert, 2008.
  14. Improving Healthcare Using Toyota Lean Production Methods. Chalice, Robert, 2007.
  15. Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, 3 Volumes, Carroll, Roberta, editor. 2007
  16. The Quality Toolbox, Tague, Nancy, 2005.
  17. Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook. George, Michael, Rowlans, David, Price, Mark & Maxey, John. 2005.
  18. The Memory Jogger II: A Pocket Guide of Tools for Continuous Improvement and Effective Planning. Brassard, Michael & Ritter, Diane. 1994. www.goalqpc.com
  19. The Memory Jogger Plus + Featuring the Seven Management and Planning Tools. Brassard, Michael, 1996. www.goalqpc.com
  20. “A Dash through the Data! Using Data for Improvement”, an educational DVD on the basics of using data for QI by Sandra K. Murray, www.nahq.org
  21. Handbook for Improvement – 3rd Edition. www.elinc.com/eco/store
  22. Quality Improvement Methods for Healthcare Manual. www.hqq.co.uk/html/publications
  23. Sale, Diana (2005)Understanding Clinical Governance and Quality Assurance: Making it Happen. Palgrave Macmilla
  24. MacSherry, R and Pearce. P (2008) Clinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare Professionals Blackwell Publishing (2nd Edition) ISBN 978-1-4051-3920-5
  25. Patient Safety-Achieving a New Standard for Care: Quality Chasm Series
  26. The Quality Improvement Glossary 2004. Donald L. Siebels
  27. The Team Handbook-3rd Edition 2004
  28. The Lean Enterprises Memory Jogger. Richard L. Macinnes

 

 

 

 

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