Abstract
Objectives: Organizational learning is used to being a very important topic about hospital management and even is identified as the source of a hospital’s competitive strength. The study tries to explore the correlation between organizational learning and hospital accreditation awareness from the medical institution operation management’s point of view. Methods: We designed the questionnaire based on the cross-section survey, which included a total of 498 hospitals through-out Taiwan as the subjects (1922 copies of questionnaire were distributed, 4 copies per hospital). As a result, 306 returned the questionnaire (995 copies of valid questionnaire), a valid response rate was 49.94%. Then, we conducted the multiple regression analysis. Results: The factors critical to the operations management accreditation awareness include age, hospital ownership, hospital lever and team learning (p < 0.001). The factors critical to the medical care accreditation awareness include age, education level and team learning (p < 0.001). The team learning will produce positive effect to the hospital accreditation awareness. Conclusions: The organizational continuous learning may enhance the team learning through hospital accreditation operations to ensure that the medical treatment system may provide safe, valid and reliable healthcare and found the hospitals’ competitive strength.
Highlights
Dating from 1970s, health care accreditation programs and accrediting organizations emerged and developed [1]
Accreditation is based on the premise that adherence to evidence-based standards will produce higher quality health care services in an increasingly safe environment [2], The Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation and Quality Improvement (TJCHA) began to reform the hospital accreditation system in 2003 to improve health care quality with emphasis on patient-centredness and safety
The Study analyzed and certified the correlation between organizational learning and hospital accreditation awareness, and concluded that the hospital accreditation awareness may be raised through team learning
Summary
Dating from 1970s, health care accreditation programs and accrediting organizations emerged and developed [1]. Hospital accreditation is an internationally recognized evaluation process used to assess and. How to cite this paper: Yan, Y.H. and Kung, C.M. (2015) The Impact of Hospital Accreditation System: Perspective of Organizational Learning. M. Kung improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care organizations. Hospital accreditation in Taiwan started in 1978. The accreditation system has improved the hospital structure significantly. TJCHA realized the urgent need of reforming the accreditation system after the SARS outbreak to focus on process and outcomes [3]
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