The Accreditation Canada Program: A Complementary Tool to Promote Accountability in Canadian Healthcare
Jonathan Mitchell, Wendy Nicklin, Bernadette MacDonald
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Jonathan Mitchell, Wendy Nicklin, Bernadette MacDonald
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Across Canada and internationally, the public and governments at all levels have increasing expectations for quality of care, value for healthcare dollars and accountability.Within this reality, there is increasing recognition of the value of accreditation as a barometer of quality and as a tool to assess and improve accountability and efficiency in healthcare delivery.In this commentary, we show how three key attributes of the Accreditation Canada Qmentum accreditation program -measurement, scalability and currency -promote accountability in healthcare. RésuméAu Canada et à l' étranger, la population et tous les paliers de gouvernement ont des attentes de plus en plus grandes pour ce qui est de la qualité des soins, du rendement de chaque dollar dépensé pour la santé et de l' obligation de rendre compte.Dans ce contexte, on reconnaît de plus en plus la valeur de l' agrément à titre de baromètre de la qualité et comme outil pour COMMENTARY
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Across Canada and internationally, the public and governments at all levels have increasing expectations for quality of care, value for healthcare dollars and accountability.Within this reality, there is increasing recognition of the value of accreditation as a barometer of quality and as a tool to assess and improve accountability and efficiency in healthcare delivery.In this commentary, we show how three key attributes of the Accreditation Canada Qmentum accreditation program -measurement, scalability and currency -promote accountability in healthcare. RésuméAu Canada et à l' étranger, la population et tous les paliers de gouvernement ont des attentes de plus en plus grandes pour ce qui est de la qualité des soins, du rendement de chaque dollar dépensé pour la santé et de l' obligation de rendre compte.Dans ce contexte, on reconnaît de plus en plus la valeur de l' agrément à titre de baromètre de la qualité et comme outil pour COMMENTARY
Key concepts: Accreditation, Accountability, Health care, Currency, Business, Healthcare delivery, Quality (philosophy), Value (mathematics)