The influence of hospital accreditation: a longitudinal assessment of organisational culture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing body of evidence supports the link between hospital organisational culture and health outcomes. Organisational culture is thus an essential consideration for hospital accreditation, a practice of systematically assessing the quality of hospital care against accepted standards. This study assesses the interplay between accreditation and hospital professional staff perception of organisational culture.

Methods

A prospective cohort study design was used to explore the influence of accreditation on organisational culture within a large, publicly-funded, university teaching hospital in Hong Kong. All full-time hospital and academic physicians, nurses and allied health professionals were invited to participate. Organisational culture was evaluated using the Co

SUBMITTER: Andres EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617556 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature