NICE has accredited the process used by the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation at NICE to produce technology appraisals guidance. Accreditation is valid for 5 years from September 2009 and applies to guidance produced since June 2008 using the processes described in NICE's 'The guide to the methods of technology appraisal' (2008). More information on accreditation can be viewed at www.nice...

This article explores the reasons why two groups of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that serve rural areas have chosen to apply or not to apply for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation, and their future plans regarding accreditation. It also describes the challenges faced by HMOs serving rural areas in meeting NCQA accreditation standards and collecting Health P...

The Foundations 2004Workshop focused on risk assessment and risk mitigation as they relate to verification, validation, and accreditation. Risk and uncertainty are primarily due to lack of information during decision-making. Therefore, we take decision-making as the context for verification, validation, and accreditation. The state of the art of decision-making is reviewed. The research of Klir...

the main objective of the paper is to investigate customer treatment, financial efficiency and supporting customer services with modern banking technology in financial institutions. the customer orientation and business performance of financial institutions targets customer services to maintain long term mutual relationships. the findings of the study has direct practical relevance for the bank...

Two initiatives have been undertaken at Carnegie Mellon University, one to address issues of accountability relative to information literacy and the other to learn more about graduate students’ information gathering behavior. In response to changing accreditation requirements, new evidence for student learning is being required. Thus a program to concentrate on the information literacy skills o...

health care services based on the structure of the health financing system and recent experience in the Philippines. It suggests that functions in the health financing system, in particular payment schemes, have a powerful influence on the behavior of all actors in health systems and this determines who bears the financial risks and financial burdens of access to health services. In the Philipp...

Release Date: February 1, 2007 Expiration Date: April 30, 2007 Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour FULL DISCLOSURE POLICY AFFECTING CME ACTIVITIES As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the policy of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any oth...

Objective –This study intends to examine the relationship between investment efficiency and financial information excellence. The study is also examining the moderating impact of sustainability on the relation between excellence in financial information and investment productivity. Methodology –The cumulative measurements are 668 firm-years and are made up of 257 subsamples of underinvestment a...