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Archive > February, 2012 Vol. XIII, No. 2

6 Tips for a Stress-Free Accreditation Survey

Things will go a lot smoother if you follow this simple, sensible advice.

Godofredo Herzog, MD, FACOG

Surveys are like open-book tests. The standards are clearly spelled out in the current accreditation manual. To ace the test, all you have to do is read the book and follow this simple advice for making your survey go off without a hitch.

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