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Founded in 1968 as the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration (ACEHSA), it adopted its current name in 2004 to reflect a change in strategic direction. This came after its 2001 Orlando Forum, a meeting funded by the Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and called to examine management and ...
Independent organisations can apply to the commission to be an approved accrediting agency, and complete accreditations when engaged by health services as required. [7] Services must receive initial accreditation to begin services, and receive full accreditation within 18 months. [8] They will then be reaccredited at least once every three ...
National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, abbreviated as NABH, is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. Formed in 2005, it is the principal accreditation for hospitals in India. [1] [2]
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) is an accreditation agency for postsecondary education programs in 30 health science fields. Programmatic accreditation is granted after an education program is reviewed and it is determined that the program is in compliance with the profession's accreditation Standards. [ 1 ]
Headquartered in Chicago, HFAP is an accreditation organization with authority from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [1] HFAP provides accreditation programs for hospitals, clinical laboratories, ambulatory surgical centers, office based surgery, and critical access hospitals.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation. The National Committee for Quality Assurance operates on a formula of measure ...
The International Society for the Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) is the umbrella organization responsible for accrediting the Joint Commission accreditation scheme in the US and Accreditation Canada International, as well as accreditation organizations in the United Kingdom and Australia. [1]
CAHIIM is recognized by CHEA [citation needed] as an organization that accredits associate and baccalaureate degree programs in health information management and master's degree programs in health informatics and health information management professions in the United States and Puerto Rico.