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The ACGME Accreditation System: Today and Tomorrow

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Nili S. Yolin

Every teaching hospital and academic medical center knows that the process of becoming accredited and re-accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is an arduous task. The ACGME is attempting to ease this burden by introducing a new accreditation model called The Next Accreditation System (NAS). The NAS introduces dramatic changes in the way the ACGME accredits institutions and graduate medical education (GME) programs, with the initial implementation of the NAS to start in July 2013, followed by complete implementation in July 2014.

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San Francisco Bay Guardian

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AP via Hampton Roads

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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AP via Hampton Roads

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