Examinations of the relationship between accreditation and clinical and organisational performance

如今，对组织进行认证已司空见惯。它涉及对照预先定义的标准对组织进行评估。这是一个非常重要的问题，因为认证方面的投资高达数百万美元。我们不知道我们是否实现了物有所值，或者积极的变化是否与认证有关。很少有研究对此进行详细研究。我们的目标是在这项研究中做到这一点。我们将研究与认证状态相关的组织和个人表现，以阐明认证过程，并揭示认证与组织文化、消费者参与和临床(个人)绩效指标之间的任何联系。

Accreditation of organisations is now commonplace. It involves assessing organisations against pre-defined standards. This is a highly significant issue because of the millions of dollars of investment in accreditation. We do not know if we achieve value for money or whether positive change is associated with accreditation. Few studies have examined this in detail. We aim to do so in this study. We will examine organisational and individual performance associated with accreditation status in order to illuminate the process and uncover any associations between accreditation and organisational culture, consumer participation and clinical (individual) performance indicators.