Ahmedabad, Apr 29 (PTI) In a bid to provide quality healthcare services about 475 hospitals, including government ones, across the country are gearing up to adopt NABH accreditation, a top medical official said here today.
"Around 85 hospitals have got NABH accreditation so far and about 475 more across the nation are going through various processes to obtain the accreditation," Quality Council of India Secretary General and CEO NABH Giridhar J Gyani told newsmen.
National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), a constituent board of QCI, promotes best practices in the healthcare sector, through its accreditation programme. It was launched six years ago.
The NABH standards provide a framework for quality assurance and improvement, while focusing on patient safety and quality of care. The standards are in consonance with the framework specified by International Society for Quality in Healthcare Inc (ISQua).
QCI has inked MoUs with various states including Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, for accreditation of the government hospitals.
"Gujarat is setting a model for quality healthcare in the country. It is a leading state, where 30 government hospitals are going through various processes for NABH accreditation, which is the highest compared to other states," Gyani said.
"We have inked MoUs with the state governments of Tamil Nadu for 15 hospitals, Kerala (14), Jammu and Kashmir (10), Andhra Pradesh (3), Karnataka (2), Punjab (5) and Delhi (9)," he said.
The accreditation programme by NABH covers all facets of patient safety, including surgical safety, medication management, hospital infection, he said.
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