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Accreditation
of Health Facilities
A critical issue facing
the health sector today is quality, with growing urgency amongst health care
providers as well as consumers. Among the various approaches gaining
momentum, ‘accreditation of health facilities’ has gained acceptance and
prominence globally. In India,
deliberations and consultations have been initiated. Various stakeholders,
including the policy makers at the Central level and State level,
representatives from the medical sector, as well as civil society, have
expressed a keen interest in setting up accreditation systems for health
facilities and various initiatives have been undertaken in this regard. Over
the last several years, numerous initiatives have been undertaken towards the
establishment of accreditation system for health care facilities in the
country.
An initiative at the
national level, undertaken by the MOHFW, GOI in the year 2001 was the
development of a draft organizational framework for developing a hospital
accreditation system in India.
This document provides organizational options for envisioned national and
state accrediting organizations and considers important issues in operationalising the proposed system.
Another initiative was
a workshop, organized by the WTO cell, MOHFW on 9th February 2005
under the GOI-WHO biennium (2004-2005) to bring together stakeholders to
discuss issues related to accreditation of health facilities.
The World Health
Organization, India
Country Office organized a one and half day workshop, ‘Accreditation of
Health Facilities in India
– A Way Forward’ on October 7 - 8, 2005 at Taj
Malabar, Kochi,
Kerala. Other development partners who supported
this initiative included the World Bank amongst others.
The workshop sought to:
 Share key concepts & experiences relating
to accreditation of health care facilities and review the current scenario in
India
& draw lessons.
Engage in a constructive dialogue with key
stakeholders to explore options to develop an accreditation system which
would have multiple benefits, including notably the improvement in quality of
care in both public and private sectors in India
Develop a roadmap for establishing an
accreditation system in the participating States
This workshop brought
together representatives from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The
participants included policy makers from the Central and State Governments,
representatives from the private medical sector as well as civil society from
the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
and Tamil Nadu. Development partners including the World Bank, USAID, ECTA,
DFID and GTZ also participated in the workshop. A copy of the workshop report
along with select presentations is attached.
The WHO India Country
Office continues to provide technical assistance to the States as well as
disseminate information on this issue.
 Workshops
Workshop on Accreditation of
Health Facilities, October 7-8,2005
Useful
Links
Organizational Framework For
Hospital Accreditation System In India
Accreditation System for
Health Facilities – EPW
National workshop on
Accreditation
Accreditation of Health Facilities : Opportunities & Challenges
Laboratory Accreditation
Stakeholder approach towards
hospital accreditation
Proposed Minimum Standards
for Private Hospitals/Nursing Homes - up to 30 Bedded Unit
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