Health system resilience, accreditation, high-quality care, and continuous quality improvement: what is the destination and how do we get there?

Accreditation remains an important strategy for improving and maintaining high quality despite mixed patient outcomes. This commentary advocates for accrediting agencies to continue with previously-defined safety goals (i.e., not “lowering the bar” due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic) to ensure patients continue to receive excellent care and stakeholders maintain trust in the accreditation process.