Background Public policymaking is complex and lacks research evidences, particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). This policy analysis aims to generate insights about the process of hospital accreditation policy making in Iran, to identify factors influencing policymaking and to evaluate utilization of evidence in policy making process. Methods The study examined the policymakin...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the mental health accreditation program drives improvements in the clinical practice of giving pro re nata (PRN) antipsychotic medications for psychiatric inpatients. METHODS This study was conducted in October 2012, a record-based pre-post assessment design in psychiatric inpatient wards at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data collected...

The aim of this study was to investigate the role and influence of nursing in the hospital accreditation process. It is a qualitative study, conducted in a private hospital of Belo Horizonte. The study subjects were nine nurses and 15 nursing technicians. Data collection was through semi-structured interviews, which were subjected to content analysis. The results showed that the role of the nur...

● Have the radiation dose produced by the CT imaging equipment verified annually by a medical physicist. To more firmly align its accreditation requirements with these legislative changes, The Joint Commission added elements of performance (EPs) to Environment of Care (EC) Standard EC.02.04.03 and Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services (PC) Standard PC.01.02.15 for the ambulatory care, crit...

INTRODUCTION Hospital accreditation is a multi-factorial issue. The aim of the current study was to accredit social security organization and university hospitals (that certificated by ISO 9001-2008) in Isfahan, the second largest city of Iran, based on Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation standards. METHODS Accreditation of four hospitals was evaluated and compared in a cross-s...

BACKGROUND Hospital accreditation and International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) certification offer alternative mechanisms for improving safety and quality, or as a mark of achievement. There is little published evidence on their relative merits. OBJECTIVE To identify systematic differences in quality management between hospitals that were accredited, or certificated, or neither. Resea...

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...

OBJECTIVE Motivated staff are needed to improve quality and safety in healthcare organizations. Stimulating and engaging staff to participate in accreditation processes is a considerable challenge. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of health executives, managers and frontline clinicians who participated in organizational accreditation processes: what motivated them to eng...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between accreditation scores and the disclosure of accreditation reports. DESIGN A cross sectional study. SETTING Hospitals participating in an accreditation programme in Japan. PARTICIPANTS 547 of the 817 hospitals accredited by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JCQHC) by January 2003. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Data on participation in public d...