About Us
Since 1974, Quality Health Associates (QHA) of North Dakota has collaborated with healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities across the state to improve the quality of care provided to the people of North Dakota. QHA works toward this goal through a number of contracts, partnerships, and initiatives. The goal of QHA is to improve the quality of care for the people of North Dakota by successfully balancing the needs of providers, consumers, stakeholders, and payers.
Mission
To facilitate accelerated improvement of health care outcomes through collaboration with health care providers and systems.
Vision
Become the go-to organization for healthcare improvement.
Our Team
QHA is governed and staffed by a team of physicians, nurses, analysts, statisticians, IT specialists, and other allied healthcare professionals. QHA uses data-driven, result-oriented processes and tools to improve healthcare quality and patient safety. QHA areas of expertise include:
- Quality improvement methodologies
- Lean process improvement
- Health Information Technology & Electronic Medical Record (HIT/EMR) consultation
- Health Information Technology Services
- Group facilitation
- Data analytics
Board of Directors
QHA’s Board of Directors consists of eight members. Board member terms are three years in length, and members may not serve more than two continuous terms. To ensure continuity of leadership, two members may serve a maximum of three continuous terms. Board members are elected at QHA’s annual meeting in November, and approximately one-third of Board members are elected each year. QHA’s Board of Directors is compensated at $100 per hour for Board responsibilities.
Trinity Health, Minot
Term Expires 12/31/2024
North Dakota Long Term Care Association, Bismarck
Term Expires 12/31/2024
Spectra Health, Grand Forks
Term Expires 12/31/2026
AARP North Dakota, Bismarck
Term Expires 12/31/2024
Fargo
Term Expires 12/31/2024
Coal Country Community Health Centers, Beulah
Term Expires 12/31/2024
Bismarck
Term Expires 12/31/2024
Grand Forks Public Health Department, Grand Forks
Term Expires 12/31/2026