Aim for excellence: integrating accreditation standards into the continuous quality improvement framework.
The Ottawa Hospital has developed a simple template incorporating specific key Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation criteria that will allow clinical teams to annually self-assess their activities against the accreditation standards.
Nicklin
Wendy L
WL
Clinical Programs and Patient Safety, The Ottawa Hospital.
McLellan
Tena
T
Robblee
James A
JA
D000068:Accreditation; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards; D009313:National Health Programs; D009864:Ontario; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration