For Accreditation we have terms and definitions in 12 topics. The topics are Ambulatory Surgery, College, Educational, Health Care, Health Insurance, Medical Education, Mental Health, Non-Profit Accountability, Non-Profit Leadership, Organizational Capacity, Senior Housing and Supply Chain.

Accreditation (Ambulatory Surgery)

An evaluation process in which an objective group (accrediting body) examines a health care organization to ensure that it is meeting certain standards that experts in the field have determined are important.

Accreditation (College)

The type of recognition held by an educational institution. There are a number of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations which are reliable authorities on the quality of training offered by educational institutions. By voluntarily conforming to the standards of excellence set by an agency or association, an institution becomes eligible for inclusion in its accredited or approved list. Regional accrediting associations such as the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredit the institution as a whole; professional agencies such as the Engineering Council of Professional Development are concerned in particular with the standards of the professional schools or programs in their respective fields.

Accreditation (Educational)

The process by which an organization, usually the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), sanctions teacher-education programs. The council gives certain programs — about 500 of the some 1,300 that prepare teachers — its seal of approval for quality. States also approve teacher-education programs by issuing teaching licenses to their graduates.

Accreditation (Health Care)

Approval by an authorizing agency for institutions and programs that meet or exceed a set of pre-determined standards.

Accreditation (Health Insurance)

An evaluative process in which a health care organization undergoes an examination of its operating procedures to determine whether the procedures meet designated criteria as defined by the accrediting body, and to ensure that the organization meets a specified level of quality.1

Accreditation (Medical Education)

A self-regulatory process by which governmental, non-governmental, voluntary associations or other statutory bodies grant formal recognition to educational programs or institutions that meet stated criteria of educational quality. Educational programs or institutions are measured against certain standards by a review of written information, self-studies, site visits to the educational program, and thoughtful consideration of the findings by a review committee. Whereas programs or institutions are accredited, individual physicians are licensed or certified.

Accreditation (Mental Health)

An official decision made by a recognized organization that a health care plan, network, or other delivery system complies with applicable standards.
Note that accreditation may also refer to an endorsement of an individual practitioner's level of training or experience (see also, licensing) -- although it is important to note that neither accreditation nor licensing, when applied to individual practitioners, has any necessary relationship to actual clinical effectiveness or outcome.

Accreditation (Non-Profit Accountability)

Credentials awarded by an accrediting body that certify compliance with established standards of quality.

Accreditation (Non-Profit Leadership)

Credentials awarded by an accrediting body that certify compliance with established standards of quality.

Accreditation (Organizational Capacity)

Credentials awarded by an accrediting body that certify compliance with established standards of quality.

Accreditation (Senior Housing)

A seal of approval given by a governing body to a housing and/or service provider. To become accredited, the community or provider must meet specific requirements set by the accreditation entity and is then generally required to undergo a thorough review process by a team of evaluators to ensure certain standards of quality. The accrediting organizations are not government agencies or regulatory bodies. Examples of some accreditation bodies for the senior housing and care industry include CCAC (Continuing Care Accreditation Commission), CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) and JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations).

Accreditation (Supply Chain)

Certification by a recognized body of the facilities, capability, objectivity, competence, and integrity of an agency, service, operational group, or individual to provide the specific service or operation needed. For example, the Registrar Accreditation Board accredits those organizations that register companies to the ISO 9000 Series Standards.

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