Second edition of the accreditation standards for hospitals
Accreditation standards for hospitals are ISQua accredited since 2018
The terms and notions used herein have the following meaning:
- – Accreditation – evaluation performed by National Authority of Quality Management in Health surveyors, resulting in a classification of hospitals based on categories of accreditation. The term refers to the hospital in its entirety, as an organization, the analysis is global and describes how the institution functions through achievement levels of pre-established standards;
- – Reference – Ref – the field of application – the groups of standards, the criteria and requirements, all of them having common significance and purpose;
- – Standard – S – represents the level of performance achievable and measurable, agreed upon by professionals, which can be consulted by the population to whom it is addressed. It consists of a set of criteria and requirements which define the expectations related to the performance, structure and the processes in a hospital.
- – Criterion – Cr – the specific objective to be achieved, and which, added to other objectives, results in standard achievement.
- – Requirement – R – action that must be undertaken for the specific objective to be achieved.
ACCREDITATION STANDARDS FOR HOSPITALS
