| Accreditation : At a Glance |
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The governance and management structure of the
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education
(CAHME) is tailored specifically for its special mission. This
policy framework is designed to foster effective conduct of the
evaluative and accrediting processes of CAHME. Recognized by the
Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation,
CAHME is the resource for the healthcare field in setting, measuring,
and authoritatively attesting to the quality of academic education
in healthcare management. CAHME bears a major responsibility to
the field and the community it serves.
This governance, management and policy structure
springs from and fosters the major principles upon which CAHME
is founded:
- Conduct of accreditation processes that are
fair, equitable, ethical, and professional in every way.
- Provision of reliable, meaningful, and timely
information to universities, students, prospective students,
parents, alumni, employers, and the public in general on the
quality of career preparation and/or career enhancement in
healthcare management.
- Setting standards for quality in academic
healthcare management education that are meticulously developed,
rigorous, and highly relevant to the actual performance of
healthcare managers, executives, and leaders.
- Involvement of qualified academicians and
practitioners pervasively throughout the accreditation functions
in an equal and balanced fashion.
- Adherence to the fundamental premise of volunteerism
and collegiality in the conduct of accreditation processes
so as to avoid punitive practices and foster enlightened self-improvement
while always holding to the mark of excellence in educational
quality.
- Insuring the integrity of the accreditation
processes and actions through structural safeguards of governance,
policy, and management that assure independent and professional
judgment in measuring educational quality.
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