Development of the Accredited Duchenne Centers Program, a Global Program to Achieve Uniform and Up-to-date Care for All People Living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Nowadays it is common that a center specialized in a disease or type of diseases achieves an accreditation if they work according to the standards developed by the field. We developed an accreditation program for Duchenne muscular dystrophy specifically focussing on the care. We often hear the comment that centers state they are already accredited by a different organization. In this commentary we like to elucidate that there is a difference between all these accreditations. It depends on what the center wants when it applies for a specific type of accreditation.