Option 5: Health Accreditation to National Standards Health service accreditation (the external independent peer review assessment of an organisation’s level of performance to standards [ACHS]) is...

Option 5: Health Accreditation to National Standards Health service accreditation (the external independent peer review assessment of an organisation’s level of performance to standards [ACHS]) is recognised as an important quality assurance and quality improvement approach in health and aged care. The establishment of sets of standards (publication of desired and achievable levels of performance and activity) that form the basis of these processes may either be developed or maintained by government or by other professional or qualified organisations and agencies. Provide a brief on the current state of the use of standards in health care systems across the world. In your brief you should set out who owns and maintains the standards in each health system; similarities or otherwise of standards used in various health systems; information about the reported strengths and weaknesses of both the standards approach and the current standards in use. The purpose of this brief is to provide a contemporary understanding of the use and effectiveness of standards in driving quality in health systems throughout the world. In your brief you should either focus on standards in the health care or aged care sectors but not both.