Accreditation and resulting clerical duties represent commercial excesses that are ethically and scientifically unacceptable
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Editorial
VOLUME: 10 ISSUE: 2
P: 59 - 61
June 2018

Accreditation and resulting clerical duties represent commercial excesses that are ethically and scientifically unacceptable

Facts Views Vis ObGyn 2018;10(2):59-61
1. Antwerp University Hospital UZA and Antwerp University UA, ASTARC and Global Health
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Abstract

It is scientifically and ethically unjustified to continue hospital accreditation organized by commercial organisations such as Joint Commission International (JCI) as these harm patients and health care workers, result in needless excess costs without improved outcome and endanger the future of healthcare. All energy should go to bottom up shared decision making.

Keywords:
Certification, health care, hospital accreditation, quality, shared decision