To the editor: I would like to express my thanks for the CMAJ article (1982; 127: 164-165) on
the Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation (CCHA) and its new executive director. I …

To the Editor: It would be unfortunate if the series of four articles on the Canadian Council on
Hospital Ac-creditation by David Woods (Can Med Assoc J 110: 851, 970, 1079, 1206; …

Last year, it cost $280,000 to run the Canadian Council on Hospital Ac-creditation- a minute
fraction of Canada's health costs. Its income was derived from the sponsoring organizations …

Dorval, PQ woman's emotions. It has been my experience that sympathetic counselling
combined with a few days' delay results in a certain number of unwise or unwanted …

" Is this covered in the hospital by¬ laws?" the surveyor asks, and is told that because of the
high pressure of work this hasn't yet been done. But it will be, he is informed, once the co¬ …

But it should be a gradual process. This raises the question, too, of whether accreditation of
hospitals should become a compulsory process. At present, the CCHA has neither the …

This year the Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation (CCHA) is publishing a significant
new document: a revised set of standards for the accreditation of Canadian health care …

During the past two years we at CMA have been receiving increas¬ ing numbers of
recommendations and official resolutions from Divisions intended to get us more in¬ volved …

Dr. Lorne Gilday, Montreal, Chairman of the Cana-dian Commissionon Hospital
Accreditation, announces that two field representatives will commence an active program of …

Dr. Lorne Gilday, Montreal, Chairman of the Cana-dian Commissionon Hospital
Accreditation, announces that two field representatives will commence an active program of …