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: The preparedness and safety of hospitals in disasters are essential to maintain the health and survival of the community. Numerous studies have shown that the level of preparedness of Iranian hospitals is moderate and low. Lack of comprehensive hospital standards for disaster preparedness is one of the reasons. This study aimed to develop hospital accreditation standards for hospita...

introduction: recently, the accreditation program has been used increasingly by an emphasis on patient safety. in iran, efforts have been made to establish the accreditation program. in 2011, it replaced previous standards of traditional evaluation system. as the impact of accreditation plan need internal self assessment against minimal standards, this study aimed to survey the readiness of sel...

background: in a variety of industries, accreditation is recognized as a symbol of quality indicating that the organization meets certain performance standards. in this regard, health records are among the primary documents used by health care facilities to evaluate compliance with the standards set by the accreditation agencies. this study compares the strengths and weaknesses of information m...

Background: Hospital accreditation is a systematic external evaluation of a hospital’s structures, processes and results by an independent professional accreditation body using pre-established optimum standards. This study aimed to evaluate the hospital accreditation system. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out between November 2015 and February 2016 using a ques...

Background: Hospital accreditation is an external evaluation of a hospital’s structures, processes and results by an independent professional accreditation body using pre-established optimum standards. Hospital accreditation has an important role in improving quality, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of hospital services. A generic questionnaire is usually used to accredit all hospitals. Ho...

Introduction: Nosocomial infection (NI) is an infection occurring in a patient after 48 hours of hospitalization or up to 72 hours after discharge from the hospital, which was not present or incubating at the time of admission.  Hospital accreditation standards have a significant impact on the prevention and control of NI. Nevertheless, Iran’s hospital accreditation standards face challenges. T...

background: in recent years, the accreditation of nursing education in iran, especially in clinical field has been felt acutely. yet there are not compiled standards at the same time. accordingly, the researchers in this study tried to develop the national accreditation standards for clinical nursing education derived from international standards. methods: this research is a triangulation study...