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Kershner award winners announced
Volume 5 | Issue 1 | Spring 2018 Kershner award winners announced In November of 2017, the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement announced the 6 finalists (3 from Surgical/Procedural and 3 from Primary Care) for the 2017-2018 Bernard…
Introducing Noel M. Adachi
Volume 4 | Issue 4 | Fall 2017 Introducing Noel M. Adachi Noel M. Adachi is passionate about improving patient outcomes. Over the years she has demonstrated that accreditation programs improve care and patient outcomes when Standards and…
Tanana Chiefs Conference
Volume 4 | Issue 3 | Summer 2017 Tanana Chiefs Conference For over 10,000 years, an indigenous, nomadic people have hunted, trapped, and fished the 45 million acres—roughly 31% of Alaska—that the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) now serves.…
The Tools of Accreditation
Volume 4 | Issue 1 | Winter 2017 The Tools of Accreditation You can approach accreditation as an exercise in compliance. OR, you can use it to build a better, safer, more efficient and effective health care organization.
The Alchemy of Accreditation: Seeking Gold
Volume 3 | Issue 4 | Fall 2016 The Alchemy of Accreditation: Seeking Gold Throughout this year, AAAHC has been engaged in a process of continuous improvement that changes ideas into reality.
When collaboration becomes more than a concept
Volume 3 | Issue 3 | Summer 2016 When collaboration becomes more than a concept Entering the corporate office, you might think you were at a high tech start-up: the creative casual dress code, the ping pong table,…
AAAHC Accreditation in the Space Age
Volume 3 | Issue 2 | Spring 2016 AAAHC Accreditation in the Space Age What would you assume are the usual health care issues at an occupational health center: Carpal tunnel syndrome? Back pain? Asthma? At Marshall Space…
Making Alphabet Soup
Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Winter 2016 Alphabet Soup: HFAP joins the AAAHC family Last fall, The Accreditation Association (our umbrella organization) announced the acquisition of the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, familiarly known as HFAP.
Change Management
Volume 2 | Issue 4 | Fall 2015 Change Management 101 Change is constant. But change can be disruptive.