Tehran University of Medical Sciences Health Technology Assessment in Action 2645-3835 8 3 2024 08 21 270 270 Zeinab Khaledian Department of Health Service Management, School of Medical Sciences, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran Maryam Tajvar Department of Health Management, Policy, and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2024 03 06 2024 06 09 Over the past three decades, healthcare organizations have prioritized enhancing patient care quality (1). The Institute of Medicine (IoM) has highlighted that most medical errors stem from flawed systems and processes rather than individual actions (2). Consequently, initiatives to improve processes and safety in healthcare have explored various quality improvement (QI) methodologies, including healthcare accreditation programs (1). Accreditation is a systematic process that evaluates a healthcare organization’s compliance against pre-defined peer review standards, which are structural, procedural, and outcomeoriented (3). Assessments are undertaken by various governmental or non-governmental entities, using different modalities in voluntary or mandatory approaches. The scope of accreditation may encompass the entire health organization, individual hospitals, health facilities, only a specialty, or even a sub-specialty (4). Accreditation standards cover diverse domains including clinical governance and patient-centeredness, with the consequences of failing to meet these standards variable across different health system contexts (5). First proposed and implemented by the American College of Surgeons in 1917, accreditation has since undergone numerous transformations and adaptations. https://htainaction.tums.ac.ir/index.php/hta/article/view/270 https://htainaction.tums.ac.ir/index.php/hta/article/download/270/159