Benefits & Impacts of Accreditation

Many public services and health-related organizations such as hospitals, schools and universities have certification programs. Until recently, there was no national certification system of public health department. Since September 2011, the Public Health Certification Council (PHAB) has approved health authorities that meet domestic standards to ensure the necessary public health services in the region.

An open access journal (Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, May / June, 2018) that posted scientific articles on the impact of public health certification, case studies and reviews

The MMWR report on August 12, 2016 explains how PHAB certification can bring extensive benefits to the health sector and the communities it provides. We agree or strongly agree that certification websites subject to survey will obtain the following benefits through certification.

On PHAB's website, not only information on the results of the evaluation but also a series of articles on the field of health and practical advantages are provided.

The journal highlights a new evidence base for public health research through research, review, and case reporting. (January / February 2014 Public Health Management and Practice Journal)

In addition to emphasizing the potential benefits of CACREP certification existing literature may also directly or indirectly affect the decision of student's graduate course registration Regarding potential issues related to CACREP accreditation Also explained. Mainly confirmed issues are the time and funding sources related to the acquisition and maintenance of CACREP certification (Paradise et al., 2011). Financial requirements related to CACREP certification include application fee and annual fee, core teacher requirements and instructor's recruitment costs to meet student-faculty ratio, and labor costs related to self-study writing.

Cost management at hospitals is a problem in many countries, but it is clear that it is necessary to correctly determine the cost and benefit of certification. The authentication process requires resources and time. Staines describes the ISO certification process of a small hospital in Switzerland. This type of certification requires a three-year full-time staff to work for three years. This number may reflect only a fraction of the actual cost of the accreditation process, as implementation requires important information from many other stakeholders such as doctors and carers. In order to make the certification program cost effective it is necessary to evaluate its merits. With that in mind, it is surprising that to date, the amount of data is limited and the effect of certification on patient satisfaction can not be quantified.

Is there a correlation between hospital certification and patient satisfaction? Survey of 37,000 patients treated at 73 hospitals

In a study entrusted by the government, we evaluated the benefits of certification in the UK (March 2013, The Certified of Accreditation, Frenz and Lambert), concluding that there are very strong economic advantages and wider benefits for certification It was. According to the survey, it is estimated that the Ministry's certification has attained at least 600 million pounds of economic benefits to the economy and other important benefits that can not be economically quantified. Although there is no similar investigation to evaluate the impact of organizational certification on its impact, it is clear that certification programs that require organizations to provide services according to evidence best practices will have better results for beneficiaries. It is undoubtedly useful as a next step to verify this hypothesis and to quantify the impact of differences between recognized organizations and unrecognized organizations.