| 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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