Question

How do regulatory and accreditation standards impact risk management process within health care organizations? Provide examples.

Answer 1

Ans) Achieving accreditation requires holding staff to high standards for patient care. Studies have shown that accreditation improves the overall quality of care in healthcare facilities. In certain specialty areas, accreditation programs even improve patient outcomes.

- The accreditation process has the potential to influence quality through a series of three mechanisms: coherence, organizational buy-in and collective quality improvement action. Internal and external contextual factors, including individual characteristics, influence an organization’s experience of accreditation.