Final report: A study of doctor's views on how hospital accreditation can assist them provide quality and safe care to consumers

This study was commissioned by ACHS in the context of the review of EQuIP Version3 to determine what doctors working in hospitals want from hospital accreditation. It draws information from 12 focus groups in 6 hospitals involving groups of consultants and Registrars/SRMOs. The focus groups explored a set of questions gathering doctors’ views of the value of ACHS EQuIP; their attitude to the need for hospitals to report on safety and quality; the characteristics of such reporting; their view of how ACHS could help doctors provide safe patient care; and doctors’ own attitudes to accountability for performance in the context of organisational settings