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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Appendix. Options for Advanced Training in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Free

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Online—Basic Certificate in Quality & Safety

Coursera—Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety (Certificate available for a fee, course materials free)

Tuition Required—Certificate Programs

University of Washington—Certificate Program in Patient Safety and Quality

American Institute for Healthcare Quality— Certificate in Healthcare Quality

American Institute for Healthcare Quality— Certificate in Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt)

American Society for Quality—Quality Improvement Associate Certification

American Society of Health Care Risk Management— Patient Safety Certificate Program

University of Tennessee Health Science Center— Healthcare Quality Improvement, Certificate

Georgetown University—Executive Certificate for Patient Safety & Quality

George Washington University—Graduate Certificate in Health Care Corporate Compliance

University of Pittsburgh—Graduate Certificate in Health Systems Leadership and Management

University of Alabama—Graduate Certificate in Health Care Quality and Safety

University of Pennsylvania—Certificate in Health Care Quality and Safety

Johns Hopkins Medicine—Online Patient Safety Certificate

Northwestern University-Certificate in Health services Contemporary Issues and Methodology

Graduate Degrees

Thomas Jefferson University—Healthcare Quality and Safety Master’s (Online)

Nova Southeastern University—Master of Health Science: Health Care Risk Management, Patient Safety and Compliance Concentration

Franklin University—Master of Healthcare Administration—Healthcare Quality Management

Drexel University—MS in Quality, Safety and Risk Management in Healthcare (Online)

University of Illinois Chicago—Master of Science in Patient Safety Leadership (Online)

University of Alabama at Birmingham—Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Safety (Online)

Western Governors University—Master of Health Leadership-Healthcare Quality (Online)

Georgetown University—Executive Master’s in Clinical Quality, Safety & Leadership

The George Washington University—Master of Health Sciences in Healthcare Quality (Online)

Mary Baldwin University—Master of Healthcare Administration in Quality and Systems Safety

Johns Hopkins University—Master of Applied Science in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality (Online)

Northwestern University—Master of Science Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety and Masters of Science in Health Services and Outcomes Research