Question

In the context of hospitals, what is the difference between licensure, certification, and accreditation?

Answer 1

Hospital Licensure is a process by which a governmental authority grants permission to an individual practitioner or health care organization to operate or to engage in an occupation or profession related to health care services.

Certification enables the hospitals in produce commitment to quality care and raises the community confidence in the health care services provided by the hospital.

Hospital Accreditation is a public recognition by a national or international healthcare accreditation body, of the achievement of accreditation standards by a healthcare organization, demonstrated through an independent external peer assessment of that organizations level of performance in relation to the standards._NABH