External Evaluation Month
February: External Evaluation Month
For the month of February, the ISQua team will be focusing on External Evaluation, with a particular interest in Accreditation.
Have a look at the ways that you can learn more about External Evaluation and get involved in the conversation:
Webinars
Our next live webinar will take place on Wednesday 19 February at 12:00 (UTC+0) on the topic of accreditation and details of the session will be available very soon!
Virtual Coffee Break
A Virtual Coffee Break will be held on 26th February for External Evaluation professionals to network. Details of the session will be available very soon!
Please note that the Virtual Coffee Break is limited to a maximum of 100 participants, who will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.
20 Years of the International Accreditation Programme (IAP)
2019 was a very significant year for us as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Accreditation Programme (IAP). To celebrate these twenty years and thank the many individuals who have been instrumental to the success of the programme, we developed an anniversary booklet which includes contributions from both our surveyors and client organisations.
Find out more about the International Accreditation Programme (IAP) and the ISQua External Evaluation Association (IEEA) - https://ieea.ch/
Recommended Journal Articles
If you are interested in finding out more about External Evaluation and current research in the area, you might find the following articles useful:
Coping with more people with more illness. Part 1: the nature of the challenge and the implications for safety and quality & Coping with more people with more illness. Part 2: a new generation of standards for enabling healthcare system transformation and sustainability - These 2018 papers by Braithwaite et al discuss the challenges facing healthcare providers as a whole and the need for a new generation of standards to address these challenges
Three challenges for external evaluation: Ensuring relevance and preparing for the 2030’s - An ISQua opinion paper published in 2019 by the Innovation and Systems Change Working Group and the Accreditation Council on three challenges for external evaluation
Assessing the value of accreditation to health systems and organisations - The Deeble Institute report, published in 2019, on assessing the value of accreditation to health systems and organisations
Understanding the impact of accreditation on quality in healthcare: A grounded theory approach- An OUP published 2017 paper which looked at how accreditation may influence quality
Creating a pathway for public hospital accreditation in Rwanda: progress, challenges and lessons learned - An Oxford University Press published 2019 paper presenting a case study of developing and implementing an accreditation scheme in a lower-income country and the barriers to and enablers of accreditation in this setting
Florence 2020
At this year's conference in Florence, we have a track dedicated to External Evaluation, covering regulation, accreditation, licencing, performance monitoring and certification. We will also be hosting, our always well received, pre-conference on external evaluation. You can find out more information on our tracks, and our conference here https://www.isqua.org/events/florence-2020.html/#conference-tracks.
There is still time to submit an abstract for this year's conference. The closing date for submission is 30th January 2020 - https://www.isqua.org/events/florence-2020.html/#call-for-papers.
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