The greatest gap between the practices of Hall of Fame organizations occurs for organization alignment…and this indicates that alignment, much like the synchronism achieved by a high-performance rowing crew, produces dramatic benefits. Understanding how to create alignment in organizations is a big deal, one capable of significant payoffs for all types of enterprises (Kaplan and Norton 2006). C...

background and purpose: this study aimed to manage medical errors before and after the implementation of accreditation in public, private, and social security hospitals of mazandaran, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive study has been done in 38 hospitals. data were collected through documents reviewed relating to 2013 and 2014. the paired t-test and friedman test were used by statist...

This study examines the traditional approach to software development within the United Kingdom Government and the accreditation process. Initially we look at the Waterfall methodology that has been used for several years. We discuss the pros and cons of Waterfall before moving onto the Agile Scrum methodology. Agile has been adopted by the majority of Government digital departments including th...

INTRODUCTION The attention to experiential education within the academic pharmacy and professional practice communities has increased dramatically in recent years. Some of the added attention has been in response to changes in accreditation requirements as promulgated by the Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education (ACPE) in the Accreditation Standards and Guidelines for the Professional Pro...

Background: Hospital accreditation is a systematic external evaluation of a hospital's structures, processes, and outcomes by an independent professional accreditation body using published optimum, evidence‐based, and achievable standards. Accreditation is a strategy for ensuring the quality, safety, and productivity of hospital services. Implementing accreditation standards imposes a high cost...

Background: Hospital accreditation is an external evaluation of a hospital’s structures, processes and results by an independent professional accreditation body using pre-established optimum standards. Hospital accreditation has an important role in improving quality, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of hospital services. A generic questionnaire is usually used to accredit all hospitals. Ho...