AAHA accreditation serves two purposes. First, it recognizes and objectively certifies great veterinary practices. Second, it helps good veterinary hospitals become great ones by coaching their teams and bringing out the maximum potential and value of the practices.
Since 1933, the association has charted the course for approximately 3,700 practices to achieve accreditation. The accreditation process is challenging, rigorous, voluntary and not guaranteed. When a veterinary facility agrees to become accredited, it proclaims that the organization is committed to excellence. Only 12 percent to 15 percent of U.S. practices are accredited.
Source: Veterinary Practice News, March 23, 2018.
Some practices choose accreditation because they want the structure and assistance in running a practice,” said Mark McConnell, BVMS, MRCVS, AAHA president. “Others want the best for their patients, and AAHA provides resources for the practice team to deliver the best medicine. And accreditation works as recruitment tool to attract skilled and dedicated employees who want to practice with high standards.”
INSIGHTS: To learn more about the path to accreditation, the association’s more than 900 standards of care for accreditation, vaccination guidelines, its role in the human-animal bond, the association’s future and its new Connexity 2018 conference, read “AAHA: The League of Champions” at consumeradvocate.org.