background: in recent year, the accreditation process as the most important assurance and improvement of the quality of higher education, especially in medical sciences, has been set forthed. the need for accreditation of nursing faculties as the same of medical sciences has been acutely felt. yet there are not compiled standards at the same time, to describe present and desirable quality via a...

we aimed to verify the issue of the ethics audit and its use in the system of accreditation of hospitals. it presents the results of a survey conducted among hospital managers from romania.our article highlights the results of the second part of a research carried out in 2012 on the pertinence and the structure of the ethics audit integrated within the accreditation process of hospitals, accord...

accreditation, as an approach to quality assurance and improvement, has a hundred-year history in the united states. other countries have started to establish such systems in the past twenty years. recently, we have witnessed numerous discussions and some practical steps toward establishing accreditation systems in iran. a major practical challenge for such newer accreditation systems is that a...

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 most important mission of hospitals is to provide appropriate and high quality care for patients. different methods and models have been used to assess the quality of care. one conventional model used recently in many countries is the accreditation model which has been efficient in developing structural, process, and outcome standards. accreditation is a systematic process carried out based...

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the accreditation process for information systems (IS) programs. This tutorial includes: • an overview of the accreditation criteria and standards for IS programs; • the process of information systems accreditation from ABET's Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) perspective; • a review of the process of planning and preparing for the...

This session will provide the participants with an overview of the ABET, Inc. accreditation process. This tutorial includes: • An overview of the Information Systems Criteria, • The process of information systems accreditation from ABET's Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) perspective. • A review of the process of planning and preparing for the accreditation team visit, • The experience o...

BACKGROUND One way to improve quality and safety in healthcare organizations (HCOs) is through accreditation. Accreditation is a rigorous external evaluation process that comprises self-assessment against a given set of standards, an on-site survey followed by a report with or without recommendations, and the award or refusal of accreditation status. This study evaluates how the accreditation p...

BACKGROUND Accreditation is a valuable resource for medical laboratories. The development of quality systems based on ISO 15189 has taken place in many laboratories in the European countries but data about accreditation remain scarce. The EFLM Working Group "Accreditation and ISO/CEN standards" conducted a survey that reviews the current state of the accreditation process in European countries....

Accreditation, as an approach to quality assurance and improvement, has a hundred-year history in the United States. Other countries have started to establish such systems in the past twenty years. Recently, we have witnessed numerous discussions and some practical steps toward establishing accreditation systems in Iran. A major practical challenge for such newer accreditation systems is that...