WHAT IS CARF
CARF Value
CARF Medical Rehabilitation Standards Manual can provide rehabilitation facilities with following assistances:
Self-evaluation for existing service items and constant perfection of service system
Authoritative guidance for accreditation preparation
Instructions for new service development and implementation
Coaching for improving business performance and service delivery
Core values of CARF accreditation:
All people have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
All people should have access to needed services that achieve optimum outcomes.
Features of CARF accreditation:
Internationally recognized most perfect standard system for rehabilitation medicine;
Basic concept of the standards is promoting constant improvement in rehabilitation quality and living quality of the person served;
List the standards which the rehabilitation facilities seeking accreditation must meet as “core standards”, and these core standards involve how to maintain basic rights of the person served and their families, how to provide safe and reliable rehabilitation equipment and how to reduce risks during rehabilitation process;
Fully consider adaptation of the standards system and accreditation evaluation to the legal, religious, cultural and industrial requirements of the country;
The accreditation stresses on faithfulness, reliability, and objectiveness.