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Accreditation Standards: Bariatric Surgery and Beyond

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The dictionary defines the word “accreditation” as the process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented. Authoritative bodies concern themselves with the accreditation of processes or programs. Since the SAGES manual is concerned with the areas of patient safety, outcomes, and quality, the focus of this chapter will be to review the relevant history and experience of the accreditation process of surgical programs in this country to date, as a basis for understanding the accreditation process as it currently exists and as it interfaces with patient safety and outcomes.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    Bruce Schirmer MD (Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Schirmer, B. (2012). Accreditation Standards: Bariatric Surgery and Beyond. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_43

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