To the Editor: Finally! Abou Elnour and colleagues have done something different and looked at accreditation in general practice from the perspective of the surveyors.1 Previous studies have solely focused on accreditation as a process and how it improves patient safety in the acute health care setting.2
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- 1. Abou Elnour A, Hernan AL, Ford D, et al. Surveyors' perception of the impact of accreditation on patient safety in general practice. Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3 Suppl): S56-S59. <MJA full text>
- 2. Greenfield D, Braithwaite J. Health sector accreditation research: a systematic review. Int J Qual Health Care 2008; 20: 172-183.
- 3. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Standards for general practices. 4th ed. Melbourne: RACGP, 2010. http://www.racgp.org.au/your-practice/standards/standards4thedition (accessed May 2014).
- 4. Makeham MAB, Kidd MR, Saltman DC, et al. The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study: incidence of reported errors in general practice. Med J Aust 2006; 185: 95-98. <MJA full text>
- 5. Ford DR, Knight AW. The Australian Primary Care Collaboratives: an Australian general practice success story. Med J Aust 2010; 193: 90-91. <MJA full text>
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