title: Promoting quality and patient safety via the new integrated hospital accreditation programme.
abstract: Hospital accreditation should act as a strategic asset hospitals have in promoting quality and patient safety, not just a mere "ticket to trade". The newly US government-approved DNV NIAHO offers healthcare provider organizations a new alternative to hospital accreditation that combines CMS's Conditions of Participation (CoP) with the proven success of the ISO 9001 quality management standard, to promote sustainable quality and patient safety improvement.
authors.affiliation: DNV Healthcare, Inc, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Yehuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dror
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards