This week’s topic: Healthcare Policies and Accreditation Read and discuss the following three articles: 1. ACAs Performance Based Healthcare Standards ACAsPerformanceBasedHealthCareStandards.pdf 2. Ro

This week’s topic: Healthcare Policies and Accreditation

Read and discuss the following three articles: (attatched)  Case 15 also addresses the link between QI and accreditation (see page 296). For example, here are some questions to answer and discuss:Does accreditation impact quality? Are there less errors in hospitals that are accredited? What is the value of accreditation? Do quality concerns initiate changes in staff behavior? Should accreditation be based on results?