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ACCREDITATION OF HOSPITALS ACADEMIC MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS Hospital accreditation?has been defined as “A self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by health care organizations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards and to implement ways to continuously improve”.?Critically, accreditation is not just about standard-setting: there are analytical, counseling and self-improvement dimensions to the process. There are parallel issues around?evidence-based medicine,?quality assurance?and medical ethics?, and the reduction of?medical erro