Quality and Healthcare Accreditation in Mumbai

Concept of NABH

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to provide accreditation services to hospitals and healthcare organizations. The board is structured to cater to much-desired needs of the consumers and to set benchmarks for progress of health industry. NABH  Consultants in Mumbai is an institutional member of the International Society for Quality in health care and the board while being supported by all stakeholders including industry, consumers, and government.

What is Accreditation and their needs?

External review of the effectiveness of quality system implemented and compliance with the standards prescribed by NABH. Standards are suitable for Indian scenario.

Need of accreditation

·        Medical tourism.

·        Benefits for patients like the high quality of care, patient safety and rights of patients.

·        Benefits to the clients providing good health outcomes, client satisfaction, value for money and less frustration.

·        Increase in awareness.

·        Demanding customers.

·        Also Beneficial for hospital staff e.g. health staff become more satisfied with their work, understand patients better and staff satisfaction.

·        Benefits to the health Institution: Patients become more satisfied with their services, an environment will become clean and beautiful and the facility will have a good reputation.

·        Improvement of overall professional development.

Main objectives of NABH

The main objective of NABH Consultants in Mumbai accreditation is to pay attention and use methods that have been tested to be safe and affordable and help planners to promote, implement, monitor and evaluate robust practice in order to ensure that occupies a central place in the development of the healthcare system.

Quality of care perform daily to benefit patients without causing harm to them and should help to improve effectiveness, efficiency and in cost containment, and should address accountability and the need to reduce errors and increase safety in the system.

How NABH accreditation help patients?

In an NABH accredited hospital, there is a strong focus on the following:

§  Control and prevention of infections.

§  Benefits to the clients providing good health outcomes e.g.critically ill patients.

§  Patient rights and their benefits.

§  Patient safety and satisfaction.

§  Better and controlled clinical outcome

NABH Standards:

1.    10 chapters

2.    100 standards

3.    514 objective elements

4.    Each accreditation standard is a statement of an expectation or requirement which makes it possible to deliver quality care.

5.    Objective element is subcomponents of standards.

Standards:

Patient-Centered Standards

1.Access, Assessment, and Continuity of Care (AAC)

2.Care of Patients (COP)

3.Management of Medication (MOM)

4.Patient Rights and Education (PRE)

5.Hospital Infection Control (HIC)

Organization Centered Standards

6. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

7. Responsibilities of Management (ROM)

8. Facility Management and Safety (FMS)

9. Human Resource Management (HRM)

10.Information Management System (IMS)