IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/jrqeh0/v10y2021i3p1-15.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Impact of Accreditation on Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge on Quality Management

Author

Listed:
  • Meenakshi Prasad Gijare

    (Symbiosis Centre for Research and Innovation, Symbiosis International University, India)

  • Prabir Kumar Bandyopadhyay

    (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Symbiosis International University, India)

  • Sonali Bhattacharya

    (Symbiosis International University, India)

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of accreditation in enhancing the knowledge of healthcare professionals on management of quality. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to selected healthcare professionals in various hospitals in India predominantly from accredited hospitals. About 600 potential respondents were selected. A 40-item survey was designed and comprised questions on demographic data, knowledge of definition of general quality, healthcare quality and implementation of quality systems in hospitals, and the difference between various standards of measurement of quality in healthcare and quality in support functions. The knowledge of healthcare professionals significantly varies according to their designations, accreditation status of the work place, and their qualification. Overall, good knowledge on quality is suggestive of conceptual clarity among healthcare professionals regarding quality who either have exposure to hospital accreditation or are working in accredited hospitals.

Suggested Citation

  • Meenakshi Prasad Gijare & Prabir Kumar Bandyopadhyay & Sonali Bhattacharya, 2021. "Impact of Accreditation on Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge on Quality Management," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 10(3), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:10:y:2021:i:3:p:1-15
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJRQEH.2021070101
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:10:y:2021:i:3:p:1-15. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.