accreditation survey of al-kindy teaching hospital during the months of february–may 2011 was performed as part of its technical assistance services to the management of the hospital. the hospital had formed an accreditation committee in october 2010 and began the process of self-assessment and implementation of the 2010 iraqi national accreditation standards for hospitals. as the hospital near...

The Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) program was developed to promote immediate, measurable improvement in laboratories of developing countries. The laboratory management framework, a tool that prescribes managerial job tasks, forms the basis of the hands-on, activity-based curriculum. SLMTA is implemented through multiple workshops with intervening site visits t...

Background: Hospital accreditation is a systematic external evaluation of a hospital’s structures, processes and results by an independent professional accreditation body using pre-established optimum standards. This study aimed to evaluate the hospital accreditation system. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out between November 2015 and February 2016 using a ques...

Objective: to describe the results of face and content validation of the questionnaire entitled Quality Improvement Implementation Survey, and of two complementary scales as part of the adaptation process to the Brazilian language and culture. Method: included the following stages: (1) translation and synthesis of translations; (2) consideration by the expert committee; (3) back translation; ...

The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards' new Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program (EQuIP) accreditation model reflects the worldwide trend towards incorporating continuous quality improvement and patient-focused care goals into hospital/health service accreditation. We conducted a post-EQuIP feedback survey among senior clinical and managerial staff at a Sydney teaching hospital an...

BACKGROUND This systematic review seeks to define the general advantages and disadvan-tages of accreditation programs to assist in choosing the most appropriate approach. METHOD Systematic search of SID, Ovid Medline & PubMed databases was conducted by the keywords of accreditation, hospital, medical practice, clinic, accreditation models, health care and Persian meanings. From 2379 initial a...

Background: The preparedness and safety of hospitals in disasters are essential to maintain the health and survival of the community. Numerous studies have shown that the level of preparedness of Iranian hospitals is moderate and low. Lack of comprehensive hospital standards for disaster preparedness is one of the reasons. This study aimed to develop hospital accreditation standards for hospita...

In 2014, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine approved a single accreditation system for graduate medical education in the United States. For osteopathic graduate medical education programs transitioning to ACGME accreditation, this change has been met with a mixture...