Accreditation 101
This is a quality assurance program that all Fraser Health programs and services participate in every 3-4 years.
What is Accreditation?
This Monday in April, 2026 is the first day of site visits week for PPH.
What is April 27th?
Date of birth and health card number are examples of these, to ensure the correct patient receives the service or procedure intended for them.
What are client identifiers?
This 'dress rehearsal' happens prior to a site visit.
What is a mock tracer?
This is the best response if a surveyor asks you a question to which you do not know the answer.
What is 'I don't know'?
Fraser Health received this results in the 2023 survey.
What is accredited.
This organization assesses health care organizations in Canada against world-class standards to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.
What is Accreditation Canada?
These are the staff members who accreditation surveyors are allowed to speak with as part of their assessment.
Who is anyone?
This established process to evaluate each team member is a key aspect of continuous improvement in health care settings.
What are performance appraisals?
Of the various subsets evaluated, this term describes the most important criteria.
What are high priority criteria?
This is when sites should be prepared for a site visit.
What is always?
This population group will be the focus for the Spring 2026 survey.
What are youth ages 14-25?
Two methods used to evaluate health organizations against their requirements and standards.
What are site visits and attestations?
These were the three sites that were visited by surveyors during PPH and TDRPP’s 2023 accreditation site visits.
What is Delta, Burnaby, and Surrey?
This is a systematic approach to improving the quality of process, systems, products, services or outcomes
What is quality improvement?