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Healthcare accreditation systems: further perspectives on performance measures

Healthcare accreditation systems: further perspectives on performance measures
Healthcare accreditation systems: further perspectives on performance measures
Objective The purpose of this paper is to identify and suggest a number of performance measures to facilitate the evaluation of accreditation programs in healthcare.

Methods The paper is based on an exploratory research which has used qualitative methods, including snowball sampling technique, email interview and thematic content analysis.

Participants Respondents (experts and professionals) were selected from a diverse spectrum ranging from healthcare organizations, universities and accreditation-associated institutions.

Results The analysis of the data provided key measures to be considered in the evaluation of accreditation programs' impact at macro and micro levels as well as their nature and operations. The measures can be used to, for example, assess the degree of stakeholders' reliance on accreditation results, measure the cost of accreditation for participating organizations and serve as a formal mechanism for accredited organizations to appeal accreditation decisions.

Conclusions 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.
performance measures, accreditation programs, performance measurement and improvement, healthcare
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Jaafaripooyan, Ebrahim
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Jaafaripooyan, Ebrahim, Agrizzi, Dila and Akbari-Haghighi, Faizollah (2011) Healthcare accreditation systems: further perspectives on performance measures. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. (doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzr063). (PMID:21954282)

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Objective The purpose of this paper is to identify and suggest a number of performance measures to facilitate the evaluation of accreditation programs in healthcare.

Methods The paper is based on an exploratory research which has used qualitative methods, including snowball sampling technique, email interview and thematic content analysis.

Participants Respondents (experts and professionals) were selected from a diverse spectrum ranging from healthcare organizations, universities and accreditation-associated institutions.

Results The analysis of the data provided key measures to be considered in the evaluation of accreditation programs' impact at macro and micro levels as well as their nature and operations. The measures can be used to, for example, assess the degree of stakeholders' reliance on accreditation results, measure the cost of accreditation for participating organizations and serve as a formal mechanism for accredited organizations to appeal accreditation decisions.

Conclusions 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.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 27 September 2011
Keywords: performance measures, accreditation programs, performance measurement and improvement, healthcare
Organisations: Centre of Excellence in Decision, Analytics & Risk Research

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Local EPrints ID: 200075
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/200075
ISSN: 1353-4505
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Date deposited: 21 Oct 2011 11:03
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Author: Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan
Author: Dila Agrizzi
Author: Faizollah Akbari-Haghighi

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