| Accredited Programs : Background |
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CAHME is the only organization recognized
to grant accreditation to individual academic programs offering
a professional master's degree in healthcare management education
in the United States and Canada.
CAHME is dedicated to serving the public good
through promoting, evaluating, and continuously improving the
quality of academic healthcare management education in the United
States and Canada. Through its partnership between academe and
the field of practice, CAHME serves universities and programs
in a voluntary peer review process as a means to continuously
improve academic education. In so doing, CAHME’s designation
of “Accredited” becomes the benchmark by which students
and employers determine the integrity of healthcare management
education and the standard of measurement for the world community.
CAHME is recognized as an independent world leader
for determining quality in healthcare management education. Universities,
programs, practitioners, and international peers will seek the
consultation of CAHME professionals to assess the quality of
healthcare management education. CAHME is respected for
its collaborative, efficient, and reliable contribution to the
more effective delivery of healthcare management education around
the world. Through recognition by the US Department of Education,
the Council on Higher Education Accreditation, the Association
of Specialty and Professional Accreditation and the Canadian
College of Health Services Executives, CAHME will serve as the
authority for determining the quality and appropriateness for
accreditation of academic education in healthcare management.
Accreditation of healthcare management education
by CAHME is a commitment to public accountability for quality
through voluntary efforts of the health professions. Students
entering CAHME-accredited programs are assured of appropriate
content, high standards of quality, and membership in a network
of professional colleagues that transcends boundaries of universities
and professional associations and colleges.
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