Open Access<p>Attitudes Towards Accreditation and Quality Improvement Activities Among Hospital Employees in Iran: A Quantitative Study</p>
Author(s) -
Edris Kakemam,
Mohammad Taher Rajabi,
Pouran Raeissi,
Lars Holger Ehlers
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s263811
Subject(s) - accreditation , respondent , likert scale , hospital accreditation , quality (philosophy) , medicine , medical education , quality management , health care , nursing , family medicine , psychology , business , political science , marketing , developmental psychology , philosophy , epistemology , law , service (business)
The hospital accreditation system in Iran is relatively young, having been introduced in 2012. Therefore, there is a real need for research on the status and impact of hospital accreditation in Iran. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare attitudes towards accreditation and quality improvement activities among hospital employees, specifically the attitudes towards the impact of accreditation on the quality of healthcare and its benefits in Iran.