Accreditations
Accreditation represents the "gold standard" in the health care industry. Accreditation demonstrates that the Seattle Indian Health Board has "passed the test" and is committed to providing high quality care.
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
The Seattle Indian Health Board has received accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). The AAAHC is the preeminent leader in developing standards to advance and promote patient safety, quality and value for ambulatory health care through peer-based accreditation processes, education, and research. The Accreditation Association currently accredits over 4,000 organizations to provide health care organizations the ability to measure the quality of its services and performance against nationally recognized standards. The Certificate of Accreditation is a symbol to others that the Seattle Indian Health Board is committed to providing high-quality care and that it has demonstrated its commitment by measuring up to the Accreditation Association’s high standards.
Indian Health Service (IHS) Accreditation
The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. For three decades, the IHS has served as a leader in the fight against the diabetes epidemic in AI/AN communities, earning national and international recognition for diabetes quality improvement. Major accomplishments include developing monitoring systems of diabetes clinical care, such as the Annual IHS Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit, and creating diabetes surveillance systems for tracking diabetes prevalence and complications. The Seattle Indian Health Board’s Diabetes Education Program has received accreditation from the IHS for maintaining a high level of commitment in addressing the issue of diabetes in the AI/AN community.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is responsible for the Accreditation of post-MD medical training programs within the United States. The ACGME is a private, non-profit organization that accredits 8,300 residency programs in 126 specialties and subspecialties that educate 107,000 residents. Its mission is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation. The Seattle Indian Health Board’s Family Medicine Residency Program has received accreditation from the ACGME which assures its residents have been reviewed and approved by the agency’s Institutional Review Committee whose members are physicians appointed by the appropriate medical specialty organization, medical specialty board, and the AMA Council on Medical Education.
