Healthcare accreditation systems: further perspectives on performance measures

Abstract

This paper has brought together a number of generic, yet influential and workable, measures which could be utilized for assessing the overall performance of an accreditation program in healthcare. The application of these measures depends on the features of given accreditation program and the context in which the program operates. Therefore, the next step/steps in the assessment of an accreditation program might be choosing the measures suiting that program.

The impact of hospital accreditation on clinical documentation compliance: a life cycle explanation using interrupted time series analysis

“…This phenomenon is supported by other researchers who state that those institutions which invest in the accreditation surveys reap the most benefits from accreditors’ diagnosis, sharing of leading practices and the ensuing changes 26 27. Organisational efforts (eg, creating a functional committee structure) to meet the accreditation programme’ requirements could orchestrate the circumstances for prolonged improvements in hospitals 28. At a microlevel, the findings of this research demonstrate that a private hospital can use accreditation to improve quality.…”

Narrative synthesis of health service accreditation literature

“…Overall, 65 studies examined the relationship between accreditation and different quality measures 6 21–23 25 26 29–31 36 37 39 42 44–46 51–80 83 84 88 90 95 96 101–103 105 106 109 118–125. Only 28 studies involved comparisons of accredited and non-accredited health services or health service units.…”

Towards Sustainable Health Care Organizations

“…Accreditation procedures first require to the organization a detailed self-review of the safety of the care delivery processes, to grant after a visible demonstration to stakeholders (patients, their families, staff, and community) of organization's ongoing commitment to safe and high quality care, treatments and services. Accreditation could be seen as a source of Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy | 385 Vol.5 (2017) no.3, pp.377-394; www.managementdynamics.ro economic gain and legitimacy for health care organizations that are permitted to operate by receiving an accreditation award as form and source of legitimacy in front of the stakeholders and patients (Jaafaripooyan, Agrizzi & Akbari-Haghighi, 2011). …”

“…Health service accreditation programs as evaluation processes aim to improve the quality and safety of patient care, permit to assess the performance of health care organizations by investigating their compliance with a series of pre-defined, explicitly written standards for encouraging continuous improvements of quality. Accreditation is carried out by independent and external professionals focusing on functioning and practices of health care organization in order to ensure that conditions regarding the safety, quality of care and treatment of patients are taken into account leading to sustainable improvements in patient care quality and safety (Jaafaripooyan, Agrizzi & Akbari-Haghighi, 2011). …”