Specific goals of hospital accreditation
are usually determined by the type of national health system and
its policies. The most important objectives include enhancing
health systems, promoting continuous quality improvement,
informing decision-making and ensuring accountability to
national health policies
Key objectives of hospital accreditation
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Enhanced health systems:
integrating and involving hospitals as an active component
of the health care network.
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Continuous quality improvement:
using the accreditation process to bring about changes in
practice that will improve the quality of care for patients.
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Informed decision-making:
providing data on the quality of health care that various
stakeholders, policy-makers, managers, clinicians and the
public can use to guide their decisions.
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Improved accountability and
regulation: making health care organizations accountable
to statutory or other agencies, such as professional bodies,
government, patient groups and society at large, and
regulating their behaviours to protect the interests of
patients and other stakeholders.
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