Preparing for an ABET accreditation visit is a periodic process that can be facilitated using a systematic approach to conduct the Self Study and generate the report. This paper presents a multi-year approach to accreditation applied within Yale University’s Chemical Engineering program to understand the accreditation policies and procedures, investigate mechanisms to record and track performan...

BACKGROUND Developing countries frequently use hospital accreditation to guarantee quality and patient safety. However, implementation of accreditation standards is demanding on organisations. Furthermore, the empirical literature on the benefits of accreditation is sparse and this is the first empirical interrupted time series analysis designed to examine the impact of healthcare accreditation...

AANA Journal  December 2012  Vol. 80, No. 6 471 T he accreditation program for nurse anesthesia was initiated in 1952 by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA). The accreditation function was transferred to the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs/Schools in 1975 in response to a major revision of the US Office of Education criteria. Since 1975, the...

BACKGROUND In psychiatric inpatients, administration of pro re nata benzodiazepines is a common practice. Benzodiazepine use is associated with potential complications of risk of abuse, cognitive impairment, and falls. An interest in accreditation is growing rapidly among many countries to enhance the quality of health care services. We aimed to investigate whether hospital accreditation drives...

On July 23rd, 2010 a revised medical law (Article 58) was passed to change existing evaluation system of medical institutions to an accreditation system. The new healthcare accreditation system was introduced to encourage medical institutions to work voluntarily and continuously to improve patient safety and medical service quality. Changes regarding the healthcare accreditation system included...

Sweet • Medical education Higher education accreditation is rapidly shifting from structure and process evaluations to outcome measurement. As educators are frequently asked to look at their outcomes, so too are the educators’ accreditors. In its current regulations, the United States Department of Education (USDE) requires its recognized accreditors to look at student achievement. The AOA Bure...