Question

What are the benefits and challenges if you use in-house resources to manage accreditation versus obtaining an external consultant with specialization in health care accreditation?

Answer 1

Benefits of using internal versus external consultant in healthcare accreditation:

Internal consultants understand the organization culture and language while working

External consultants provide objective unbiased evaluation as they dont have fear of consequences.

If an organizatio has less staffing and resources, external consultants make an excellent alternative

Internal consultant need not require payments

External consultant often viewed as expertise, and set standard benchmarks as they gained experiences from various organizations

Challenges:

Acceptance of Critical feedback

Strict adherence of accreditation protocols

Effectiveness of consultant

Leadership support from the project

Relationship of organization with the consultant

Organizations interest and investment

Making everyone involved by creating innovative and creative ways