Narrative synthesis of health service accreditation literature

R Hinchcliff, D Greenfield, M Moldovan… - BMJ quality & …, 2012 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Aims To systematically identify and synthesise health service accreditation literature.
Methods A systematic identification and narrative synthesis of health service accreditation …

Is a hospital quality policy based on a triad of accreditation, public reporting and inspection evidence-based? A narrative review

A Van Wilder, L Bruyneel, D De Ridder… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Since 2009, hospital quality policy in Flanders, Belgium, is built around a
quality-of-care triad, which encompasses accreditation, public reporting (PR) and inspection …

Stakeholder perspectives on implementing accreditation programs: a qualitative study of enabling factors

R Hinchcliff, D Greenfield, JI Westbrook… - BMC health services …, 2013 - Springer
Background Accreditation programs are complex, system-wide quality and safety
interventions. Despite their international popularity, evidence of their effectiveness is weak …

Health service accreditation stimulating change in clinical care and human resource management processes: a study of 311 Australian hospitals

D Greenfield, SA Lawrence, A Kellner, K Townsend… - Health Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to establish whether longitudinal participation in an accreditation
program is translated into improvement in continuity of quality patient care and human …

Impact of repeated hospital accreditation surveys on quality and reliability, an 8-year interrupted time series analysis

S Devkaran, PN O'Farrell, S Ellahham, R Arcangel - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate whether hospital re-accreditation improves quality, patient safety and
reliability over three accreditation cycles by testing the accreditation life cycle model on …

The impact of Saudi hospital accreditation on quality of care: a mixed methods study

M Almasabi, S Thomas - The International journal of health …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Summary In 2005, the Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) was
launched in Saudi Arabia in order to improve the quality of care. By 2010, the first hospital …

Attitudes towards accreditation among hospital employees in Denmark: a cross-sectional survey

LH Ehlers, MB Jensen, KB Simonsen… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objective To evaluate attitudes towards accreditation and the Danish Quality Model (DDKM)
among hospital employees in Denmark. Negative attitudes led the Danish Government to …

A decade of commitment to hospital quality of care: overview of and perceptions on multicomponent quality improvement policies involving accreditation, public …

A Van Wilder, J Brouwers, B Cox, L Bruyneel… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Quality improvement (QI) initiatives such as accreditation, public reporting,
inspection and pay-for-performance are increasingly being implemented globally. In …

How do trucking companies respond to announced versus unannounced safety crackdowns? The case of government inspection blitzes

A Balthrop, A Scott, J Miller - Journal of Business Logistics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ensuring motor carriers comply with safety rules is critical to the efficient workings of supply
chains and the safety of the motoring public. However, little is understood regarding how …

Mediators of change in healthcare organisations subject to external assessment: a systematic review with narrative synthesis

E Hovlid, GS Braut, E Hannisdal, K Walshe, O Bukve… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives External inspections are widely used to improve the quality of care. The effects of
inspections remain unclear and little is known about how they may work. We conducted a …