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...

Background: Accreditation process has notable effects on quality assurance in medical education and faculty development. This process determine if an institution meets or exceeds minimum standards of quality. At present, there is a lack of a standardized model of accreditation for medical University in Iran. Therefore, this study aimed to design an accreditation model for North...

OBJECTIVES Accreditation in France relies on a mandatory 4-year cycle of self-assessment and a peer review of 82 standards, among which 14 focus priority standards (FPS). Hospitals are also required to measure yearly quality indicators (QIs-5 in 2010). On advice given by the accreditation committee of HAS (Haute Autorité en Santé), based on surveyors proposals and relying mostly on compliance t...

in today's world, quality improvement of basic medical education is a must for training physicians who are able to meet the growing health needs of our society. one way for quality assurance in higher education including medical education is to develop a system of accreditation which has been in medical education authorities' constant focus recently. this article is a review of national accredi...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of non-financial information analysis and risk-return analysis along with financial information in increasing the selected banks and financial institutions of Tehran Stock Exchange portfolio efficiency. To evaluate the efficiency of the portfolio, the Treynor's ratio was used and attempted to determine the Treynor's ratio of the selected opt...

NICE has accredited the process used by the BSR to produce its treatment of systemic sclerosis guidance. Accreditation is valid for 5 years from 10 June 2013. More information on accreditation can be viewed at www.nice.org.uk/accreditation. For full details on our accreditation visit: www.nice.org.uk/accreditation. Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, London, Rheumatology Department, S...

The American Nurses' Association did not embrace the introduction of diagnosis related groups, believing they would not recognise nursing activity nor acuity and would bring about the economic demise of nursing. Australian nurses, by contrast, recognised the window of opportunity that the work towards Australian national diagnosis related groups and funding mechanisms provided to move nursing r...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. INTRODUCTION Agency for healthcare quality and accreditation in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AKAZ) is authorized body in the field of healthcare quality and safety improvement and accreditation of healthcare institutions. Beside accreditation standards for hospitals and primary health care centers, AKAZ has also developed accreditation standards fo...

In order to improve on-line education, the Chinese government launched a state level project “Developing an Accreditation System for On-line Education” in 2002. The system for accrediting quality of on-line education includes three components: an accreditation system for on-line education institute, an accreditation system for college major, and an accreditation system for on-line course. Becau...

The ineffectiveness of a quality accreditation mechanism can be attributed to the inability of the accreditation status to provide consumers with information they do not already possess. I present a structural model of demand allowing consumers to infer quality from both accreditation status and firm reputation. I then estimate this model to assess the effectiveness and the impact of the nation...