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Archive > March, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 3

Is Accreditation Really Worth It?

If it's true that a facility can provide excellent care without becoming accredited, why bother? The answers may surprise you.

Robert Kurtz

It adds cost without adding quality. It's inconvenient. It's costly. These are but a few of the ways you can talk yourself out of accreditation. There are others, such as buying the horror stories about those impossible-to-please surveyors, bowing to overrated standards and looking around your facility and wondering how in the world you're going to prepare for a survey.

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