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February 4, 2019 at 9:55 am #472

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Introduction – The CARF 101 forum is a community of organizations interested in performance improvement. The forum is a safe place to ask and answer questions related to meeting national standards and general improvement topics. Profanity, irrelevant topics, inappropriate sexual content and ad hominem attacks, will not be tolerated and may lead to immediate termination of your account. Please do not request or post medical advice. Inappropriate content will be immediately removed and individual accounts may be terminated. See terms of use: https://accreditationinfo.com/website-terms-of-use/
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February 4, 2019 at 9:56 am #473

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My name is Kim DeGeer. In addition to moderating this forum, I am an expert on the Accreditation Now website. I look forward to meeting and learning from you all, on these pages. Because this is a new platform, I have started you off with a few sample questions and answers. Please feel free to post your own!
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