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...

BACKGROUND The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently began reporting on quality of care for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia. METHODS We linked performance data submitted for the first half of 2004 to American Hospital Association data on hospital characteristics. We created...

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...

anaging risk is not optional for organizations. Clause 0.1 of ISO 9004 mentions risk management in the same breath with cost and benefit considerations as being important to an organization, its customers and interested parties. Clause 5.4.2 also includes risk assessment and mitigation data as necessary inputs for efficient and effective quality planning. Some sectors, particularly aerospace an...

within its Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) for behavioral health care organizations. The Joint Commission added five new elements of performance (EPs) and two new Notes—and edited an existing EP—to maintain alignment with Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) regulations and guidelines and thus retain its status as a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)–approv...

Background and Aim: Hospital accreditation is “an external evaluation of a hospital’s structures, processes, outputs and outcomes by an independent professional accreditation body using pre-established optimum standards”. Accreditation is a strategy for ensuring the quality and, safety of hospital services. An accreditation program’s efficacy depends on the validity of its governance, methods, ...