Automated accreditation system

An automated accreditation system comprising an automated accreditation tool for accreditation and certification programs;

• and a storage device connected to said automated accreditation tool;
• wherein:
• a. the automated accreditation tool contains:
• i. a standards and guidelines definition tool containing software instructions for causing the system to:
• 1. generate questions and answers for an accreditation survey;
• 2. define scoring criteria used to evaluate inputs provided by an organization undergoing the accreditation survey;
• and
• 3. store the accreditation survey and scoring criteria in the storage device;
• and
• ii. a survey tool for accessing the data storage device to acquire the accreditation survey and presenting the accreditation survey to a user;
• said survey tool obtaining the accreditation survey to administer said questionnaire to a user, accept a first response from said user, and evaluate said response in view of said scoring criteria;
• and
• iii. wherein the scoring criteria specifies that certain answers to a first set of questions are required in order to pass the accreditation survey;
• regardless of answers to other questions.

An automated accreditation system comprising:

• a. a questionnaire creation tool for, receiving questionnaire data and using the questionnaire data to define a questionnaire and scoring criteria for assessing accreditation;
• b. a storage device connected to said questionnaire creation tool to store said questionnaire and said scoring criteria;
• c. a survey tool connected to said storage device, said survey tool administering said questionnaire to a user, accepting a first response from said user, and evaluating said response in view of said criteria;
• d. wherein the scoring criteria specifies that certain answers to a first set of questions are required in order to pass accreditation;
• regardless of answers to other questions.

A computer implemented automated accreditation method comprising the steps of:

• a. interfacing on a computer with a survey creation system;
• b. forwarding questionnaire data to said survey creation system, said questionnaire data defining a questionnaire scoring criteria for assessing accreditation, and wherein said survey creation system automatically creates and stores a questionnaire;
• c. administering said questionnaire to a user accepting a first response from said user;
• and
• d. forwarding said first response to a survey tool that evaluates said response in view of said criteria;
• wherein the scoring criteria specifies that certain answers to a first set of questions are required in order to pass accreditation;
• regardless of answers to other questions.

A computer program of instructions executable by a machine embodied on a computer readable storage medium, wherein said program of instructions comprises a plurality of codes for performing an automated accreditation, the program of instructions comprising:

• a. a code segment executable on the machine for interfacing with a survey storage system containing a questionnaire and scoring criteria for assessing accreditation;
• b. code segment executable on the machine for administering said questionnaire to a user;
• c. a code segment executable on the machine for accepting a first response from said user;
• d. a code segment executable on the machine for accepting said first response;
• and
• e. a code segment executable on the machine for automatically evaluating said response in view of said criteria;
• wherein the scoring criteria specifies that certain answers to a first set of questions are required in order to pass accreditation;
• regardless of answers to other questions.