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Accreditation provides quality and organizational sustainability improvement through external evaluation methodology (Nicklin, Fortune, Van Ostenberg, OConner, & McCauley, 2017). Even though health care accreditation has been in existence for the last century, there has been a recent emphasis to patient safety and quality of health care services which ultimately leads to organizational sustainability (Nicklin et al., 2017). Overall, accreditation does improve organizational sustainability in health care organizations. However, as with any decision, individuals have varying opinions.

Because of the significant costs, some health care professionals do not believe that accreditation has a positive impact on quality of services (Alkhenizan & Shaw, 2012). In addition, other health care leaders thought the demands placed on the staff and time consumption involved with accreditation did not help improve organizational sustainability (Alkhenizan & Shaw, 2012). However, many health care administrators believed accreditation improved the quality of care and could be used as a marketing incentive to gain the trust of the public (Alkhenizan & Shaw, 2012). One reason accreditation improves health care organizations is the onsite visit by external reviewers during the process (Nicklin et al., 2017). This process of accreditation provides evidence-based guidance, self-assessment, and peer opinions that health care leaders and clinical staff have responded positively to (Jha, 2018; Nicklin et al., 2017). The accreditation process should be approached as an investment to the organizational sustainability rather than a major expense (Nicklin et al., 2017).

Within any health care organization, an independent evaluation of the cost-benefit of accreditation must be conducted in order to decide if an accreditation will improve the organizational sustainability (Alkhenizan & Shaw, 2012). Accreditation ensures health care consumers that a health care facility can provide safe, effective, and consistent care based on the latest clinical evidence (Jha, 2018). For these reasons, accreditation is seen to improve organizational sustainability.

References

Alkhenizan, A., & Shaw, C. (2012). The attitude of health care professionals towards accreditation: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Family & Community Medicine, 19(2), 74-80. doi: 10.4103/2230-8229.98281.

Jha, A. K (2018). Accreditation, quality, and making hospital care better. Journal of the American Medical Association, 320(23), 2410-2411. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.18810

Nicklin, W., Fortune, T., Van Ostenberg, P., OConner, E., & McCauley, N. (2017). Leveraging the full value and impact of accreditation. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 29(2), 310-312. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzx010.