The paper lacks reliable, credible and trusted evidences to support the claims that the authors made. For instance, the authors claimed, " In Iran, at first, the hospital ac-creditation system had only focused on the structural standards and it was a lot of criticism. " No evidences for such a claim have been provided. The authors also wrote, " The hospital accredita-tion system in Iran emphasi...

OBJECTIVES To study and evaluate the first phase of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Health Institutions (CBAHI) in primary health care (PHC) accreditation cycle. Methods: A descriptive analytical study of to evaluate 93 PHC survey visits in 20 regions, over the period October 2016 to May 2017. Results: In the period October 2016 to January 2017, only 28 out of 93 PHC center (30%) t...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular risk management is largely provided in primary healthcare, but not all patients with established cardiovascular diseases receive preventive treatment as recommended. Accreditation of healthcare organizations has been introduced across the world with a range of aims, including the improvement of clinical processes and outcomes. The Dutch College of General Practitioners...

External site visits as part of the process of accreditation are an important aspect of quality control of medical education programmes. In 2011/2012 all medical schools (University Medical Centres, UMCs) in the Netherlands had such a visit. According to the accreditation system of the Netherlands and Flanders, accreditation has to be renewed every 6 years. The preparation of the site visit sta...

The Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) has proposed changes in the structure of the criteria used to accredit information systems programs. The new structure combines so-called “general criteria,” criteria that apply to any computing program, and additional program criteria that apply to IS, IT, or CS programs. This new format allows an emergingcomputing-discipline (e.g., bioinformatics) ...

The article presents an approach to automation of business processes by means of a consolidated model describing a class of processes. Rules and examples for building a consolidated model are given. The model is validated through development of a software application called COMPASS-P for monitoring of procedures for evaluation and accreditation of education.

We examined the association between JCAHO accreditation of hospitals, those hospitals' quality of care, and survival among Medicare patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. Hospitals not surveyed by JCAHO had, on average, lower quality (less likely to use aspirin, beta-blockers, and reperfusion therapy) and higher thirty-day mortality rates than did surveyed hospitals. However, th...

BACKGROUND The study objective was to identify and describe the process, resources and expertise required for the revision of accreditation standards, and report outcomes arising from such activities. METHODS Secondary document analysis of materials from an accreditation standards development agency. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' (RACGP) documents, minutes and reports...

This document describes guidelines for accreditation of Sleep Medicine Centres in Europe. These guidelines are the result of a consensus procedure, in which representatives of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) and representatives of different European National Sleep Societies (ENSS) were involved. The information obtained during different rounds of consultation was gathered and process...