Quality health care together
How does the DAP work?
Process for evaluating health-care services
Accreditation assists diagnostic services in evaluating and improving the quality of services they provide to their patients and clients. Accreditation also provides recognition that the service is meeting provincial standards of quality.
The DAP assesses facilities to ensure they meet the accreditation standards for the services they provide. Compliant facilities receive an accreditation award and are added to the DAP list of accredited facilities.
The DAP does not:
- provide competing services
- offer consultancy services
All medical staff must undergo an appointment process
An appointment process is the formal procedure medical directors use to:
- review a medical professional's credentials, qualifications, and experience
- determine if they meet the requirements to work at that facility
- grant them permission (privileges) to perform specific medical procedures or services
The DAP Committee adopted the BC Medical Quality Initiative (BC MQI) provincial privileging dictionaries as objective criteria for core, non-core, training, and experience requirements within each specialty.
Medical staff working in independent accredited diagnostic facilities must complete an appointment process and request privileges through the facility's medical director.
For medical staff working within health authorities, the health authority medical affairs office completes the credentialing and privileging functions.
Setting standards for each program and diagnostic service
Accreditation standards contain general standards that are similar across the programs and specific technical standards for each diagnostic service. The standards are updated regularly with all technical standards reviewed within a four-year cycle.
The DAP has dedicated staff who work closely with the advisory committees to ensure the accreditation standards are up to date and meet international requirements.
International recognition for standards
The Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Medicine Accreditation Standards have been reviewed and accredited by the International Society for Quality in Health Care External Evaluation Association (IEEA).
Additionally, the DAP is currently seeking to join the Asian Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) mutual recognition agreement for ISO/IEC 17011.
Funding for the program
Funding for the DAP comes from annual and other fees paid by public and private diagnostic facilities accredited by the program.
See schedule I of the CPSBC Bylaws for a list of all fees.
Accreditation process for new and existing facilities
Facility portal
Access the facility portal for additional accreditation information
