Self-assessment: Rapid process-centered
review of challenges and opportunities, in preparation for joining AQIP
and attending Strategy Forum.
Strategy Forum: Workshop
where teams from several organization collaborate to sharpen vital improvement
strategies into three or four Action Projects.
Action Project:
Public, focused initiative that an organization creates to achieve desired
improvements; typically completed in 6 months to 3 years.
Annual
Update: Yearly report on the status of an organization’s
current Action Projects, to which AQIP provides formal feedback.
Systems
Portfolio: Publication in which an organization
describes key processes, performance results, and improvement practices;
created in the three years following first Strategy Forum and kept up-to-date.
Systems
Appraisal: Expert review of Systems Portfolio
providing actionable feedback from AQIP on opportunities and strengths.
Reaffirmation
of Accreditation: Verification through previously
submitted evidence that the Commission’s expectations for continuing
accreditation are met.
Once: Self-assessment and Application
Every
Year: Annual Updates and Systems Portfolio Maintenance
Every
4 Years: Strategy Forum & Systems Appraisal
Every
7 Years: Reaffirmation of Accreditation