First Nations and Inuit Health Accreditation program

Accreditation is:

• the nationally and internationally recognized process designed to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of a health service organization's structures, processes and outcomes
• a continuous, on-going process that measures evidence-based standards against a health organization's practices to produce higher quality health services, in a safer environment, than would be the case without it
• a way to recognize that a health organization has met national quality standards

Indigenous Services Canada is committed to supporting a process that enables First Nations and Inuit individuals, families and communities to access accredited health services that meet their needs.

Indigenous Services Canada supports:

• the voluntary accreditation of health services provided at First Nations Community Health Centres (CHCs), as well as First Nations and Inuit Health Branch nursing stations, to achieve accreditation from a recognized accrediting body
• the accreditation of National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) and Youth Solvent Abuse Program(YSAP) treatment centres.

Accreditation is voluntary for non-transferred NNADAP treatment centres; it is mandatory for transferred NNADAP treatment centres and YSAP treatment centres.