Accreditation
Dictionary Definition
The act of accrediting or the state of being accredited, especially the granting of approval to an institution of learning by an official review board after the school has met specific requirements. 1
Committee Definition
Proposed: Accreditation is a process to certify that a computational model satisfies all of the necessary credible practice guidelines to demonstrate it has been developed appropriately and can be used reliably for the intended healthcare application. The accreditation evaluation is carried out by a peer review board whose members were systematically selected to represent all scientific, industry, medical practice, standards and regulatory areas relevant to the computational model and application domain.
Domain Specific Usage
Engineering and Biomedical (NASA): The official acceptance of a model or simulation and its associated data to use for a specific purpose.2
Healthcare: "Accreditation is a process of review that healthcare organizations participate in to demonstrate the ability to meet predetermined criteria and standards of accreditation established by a professional accrediting agency. Accreditation represents agencies as credible and reputable organizations dedicated to ongoing and continuous compliance with the highest standard of quality." 3
Notes
The Free Dictionary – http://www.thefreedictionary.com/accreditation. (1)
NASA STANDARD FOR MODELS AND SIMULATIONS – https://standards.nasa.gov/documents/detail/3315599. (2)
Accreditation Commission for Health Care – http://www.achc.org/getting-started/what-is-accreditation. (3)