The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) of the USA has accredited Nova Dental in San Jose, Costa Rica, as the first ambulatory organization outside the USA to be accredited by the new AAAHC International accreditation programme. The clinic received a three-year accreditation.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) of the USA has accredited Nova Dental in San Jose, Costa Rica, as the first ambulatory organization outside the USA to be accredited by the new AAAHC International accreditation programme. The clinic received a three-year accreditation. The accreditation survey was conducted by a team of US based AAAHC surveyors who are active practitioners of ambulatory health care, including a dentist.
John Burke of the AAAHC says, “The goal is to improve the safety and quality of patient care. Our peer-based survey process and our comprehensive education programs make our accreditation unique, and enable us to work closely with ambulatory centres to assess their services and assure they provide high-quality care.” Luis Obando of Nova Dental adds, “We offer a full-service dental clinic that specializes in cosmetic dentistry, and 95% of our customers are from the USA.The accreditation process was a lot of work to get everything together to meet the standards, but in the end it helped to improve our clinical and administrative processes.”
AAAHC launched its international accreditation program in Costa Rica, and other organizations in that country have begun the process toward AAAHC International accreditation. The organisation will add accreditation for ambulatory organizations in other countries soon. The logic is that Americans going overseas for care need certainty as to the quality of clinics, most of whom are far too small to be able to afford JCI accreditation, and that while overseas authorities may license doctors or dentists, few countries in South and Central America licence the clinic or hospital.
Care, founded in 1979, is the leader in ambulatory health care accreditation with nearly 5,000 organizations accredited across the US. The AAAHC accredits a variety of ambulatory health care organizations, including ambulatory surgery centres, office-based surgery centres, college student health centrers, managed care organizations, military health care clinics, and large medical and dental practices. It is an advocate for the provision of high-quality health care through the development of nationally recognized standards and through its survey and accreditation programmes.
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