Accreditation Canada: Highlights from the 2012 Annual Report

 In 2012, Accreditation Canada's many collaborations with healthcare organizations included the development of a comprehensive report on medication reconciliation and efforts to improve patient and staff safety. Since 2005, Accreditation Canada has worked with many partner organizations and stakeholders on the Required Organizational Practice (ROP) for medication reconciliation, which requires

Accreditation improves the quality of Health Care: Collaborating on Quality

 By Wendy Nicklin Discussions about health care often feel like a stalled conversation; they frequently focus on lagging wait times, meeting the needs of an aging population, and working with limited resources. With these and so many other challenges, it is not always evident to the public that within health