Health care is a vast industry that is full of various providers of care, types of care and locations in which it can be provided. In order to provide consumers and employers a means of determining adequacy and continuity of care, professional agencies have been enlisted. They work to provide a standard of care and accreditation to employers looking to ensure compliance and funding requirements.
“Accreditation is a process of review that healthcare organizations participate in to demonstrate the ability to meet predetermined criteria and standards established by a professional accrediting agency”(What is Accreditation, 2008). Professional organizations such as Joint Commission (JC) and Accreditation Commission for Health Care (What is Accreditiation, …show more content…
A license is typically granted by the state in which the services are being rendered. A single provider of care may carry various licensures but all grant a “time-limited permission to an individual to engage in a given occupation after verifying that he or she has met predetermined and standardized criteria” (Marberry, 2011). In most cases, the license is only granted after a specific amount of experience is noted, education is complete and the individual is able to pass examination that is set out to standardize and align those seeking similar license at an even pace. Just as accreditation must be kept up to date so must individual or location licensing. A major difference between accreditation and licensing is that a license is required to continue performing a specific skill yet accreditation is a voluntary process although accreditation has become “so important that it can be considered quasi-mandatory”(Marberry, 2011). In order to maintain some licenses professionals may only need to perform CEUs or Continuing Education, to keep skills up-to-date, where as accreditation is based off of current processes and application of ongoing requirements at the state and national levels (Marberry, …show more content…
“In its early stages, the healthcare system was exclusively controlled through its professionals” (Morrison, 2009). The educational value of medical schools was uncontrolled and unregulated, there was an increased need to develop a national standard. “In 1912, to address the need for national standards, 23 private career schools created the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools, now the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools” (Teitelbaum, 2012). With this improvement to provider education, facilities also felt the need to comply with a standard of care. In 1918, hospital practices became standardized via a program set out by the American College of Surgeons, whom would later join with other healthcare organizations to form JCAHO or JC. With this new accrediting body working to provide a safer means of care in a surgical setting in 1965 government programs began linking reimbursement with the accreditation of each facility (Morrison, 2009). The initial driving measure of JCAHO was to provide a means of care standards whilst also protecting the interests of the surrounding communities. In the initial stages of accreditation site visits were reliant on the
“Accreditation is a process of review that healthcare organizations participate in to demonstrate the ability to meet predetermined criteria and standards established by a professional accrediting agency”(What is Accreditation, 2008). Professional organizations such as Joint Commission (JC) and Accreditation Commission for Health Care (What is Accreditiation, …show more content…
A license is typically granted by the state in which the services are being rendered. A single provider of care may carry various licensures but all grant a “time-limited permission to an individual to engage in a given occupation after verifying that he or she has met predetermined and standardized criteria” (Marberry, 2011). In most cases, the license is only granted after a specific amount of experience is noted, education is complete and the individual is able to pass examination that is set out to standardize and align those seeking similar license at an even pace. Just as accreditation must be kept up to date so must individual or location licensing. A major difference between accreditation and licensing is that a license is required to continue performing a specific skill yet accreditation is a voluntary process although accreditation has become “so important that it can be considered quasi-mandatory”(Marberry, 2011). In order to maintain some licenses professionals may only need to perform CEUs or Continuing Education, to keep skills up-to-date, where as accreditation is based off of current processes and application of ongoing requirements at the state and national levels (Marberry, …show more content…
“In its early stages, the healthcare system was exclusively controlled through its professionals” (Morrison, 2009). The educational value of medical schools was uncontrolled and unregulated, there was an increased need to develop a national standard. “In 1912, to address the need for national standards, 23 private career schools created the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools, now the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools” (Teitelbaum, 2012). With this improvement to provider education, facilities also felt the need to comply with a standard of care. In 1918, hospital practices became standardized via a program set out by the American College of Surgeons, whom would later join with other healthcare organizations to form JCAHO or JC. With this new accrediting body working to provide a safer means of care in a surgical setting in 1965 government programs began linking reimbursement with the accreditation of each facility (Morrison, 2009). The initial driving measure of JCAHO was to provide a means of care standards whilst also protecting the interests of the surrounding communities. In the initial stages of accreditation site visits were reliant on the