Knowledge mapping of hospital accreditation research: a coword analysis
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
ISSN: 0952-6862
Article publication date: 4 September 2020
Issue publication date: 2 November 2020
Abstract
Purpose
Hospital accreditation has been adopted internationally as a way and solution for healthcare quality improvement in hospitals. The purpose of this study was to review and knowledge mapping of bibliographic data about “Hospital Accreditation” and assess the current quantitative trends.
Design/methodology/approach
Scientometric methods and knowledge visualization using the coword analysis techniques conducted in three steps based on the data related to the field of hospital accreditation from 1975 to 2018 obtained from the MEDLINE database. Bibliographic data for titles, abstracts and keywords articles were saved in CSV format and MEDLINE templates by applying filters. Data extracted were exported into an Excel spreadsheet and were preprocessed. The authors applied the text mining and visualization using VOSviewer software.
Findings
Hospital accreditation studies have been increased rapidly over the past 30 years. 6,661 documents in the field of hospital accreditation had been published from 1975 to 2018. Hospitals or organizations active in the field of hospital accreditation were in the United States, Italy and Canada. The 10 most productive authors identified in the area of hospital accreditation with a higher influence were identified. “The United States”, “accreditation”, “Joint commission on accreditation” and “quality assurance, healthcare” had, respectively, the highest frequency. The cluster analysis identified and categorized them into four major clusters. Hospital accreditation field had a close relationship with the quality improvement, patient safety, risk and standards.
Originality/value
Hospital accreditation had focused on the scopes of implementation of accreditation programs, adherence to JCI standards, and focus on safety and quality improvement. Future studies are recommended to be conducted on design interventions and paying attention to all dimensions of hospital accreditation.
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Acknowledgements
The authors should thank all Colleagues of Health Management Research Center for their kind cooperation with the researchers in collecting and analyzing the data.
Citation
Karamali, M., Bahadori, M., Ravangard, R. and Yaghoubi, M. (2020), "Knowledge mapping of hospital accreditation research: a coword analysis", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 33 No. 6, pp. 429-445. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2020-0050
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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