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Doha
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced its biggest international accreditation success to date with 13 of its facilities and services being accredited by the US-based Joint Commission International (JCI). This includes accreditation for the first time for three new hospitals as well as the Hamad Dental Center and Mental Health Service. Eight hospitals that already held JCI accreditation were also successfully re-accredited.
This represents the greatest number of JCI accredited facilities in Qatar to date.
HMC also remains the only hospital system outside of the United States to achieve corporate Academic Medical Center accreditation for all its hospitals simultaneously. JCI Accreditation is seen as the gold standard for the accreditation of hospitals worldwide and the latest edition of their quality and safety standards and measures which hospitals must meet to achieve accreditation are the most exacting to date. Hospitals must meet strict patient safety and performance improvement standards to achieve accreditation status and these are rigorously checked before accreditation is granted. The JCI team has been surveying HMC for the last three months and the accreditation announcement is the culmination of a rigorous process which has involved staff from every part of the Corporation.
Minister of Public Health and Managing Director of HMC HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al Kuwari was present when the accreditation announcement was made. She said, “The quality of healthcare in Qatar continues to improve year-on-year. Today’s accreditation success is another example of the quality of care in Qatar being recognised internationally and HMC - as the main provider of secondary and tertiary care in the country - is central to this.”
She added, “HMC remains the only hospital system outside of the United States to achieve JCI Corporate Academic Medical Center accreditation for all of its hospitals simultaneously and achieving this for 12 facilities as well as Hamad Dental Center accreditation is no easy task. This prestigious international accreditation is incredibly challenging to achieve and maintain. The commitment of each one of HMC’s staff and their focus on delivering the highest standard of care to our patients is a great testament to this achievement.”
Dr Badriya al Ali, deputy chief quality officer for Hamad Medical Corporation whose team was central to the management of JCI accreditation across HMC, reiterated the minister’ sentiments. She said, “The announcement by the JCI surveyors of HMC’s accreditation success demonstrates the consistently high standards of care being delivered across HMC. This achievement is even more significant when we consider that our National Ambulance Service and Home Healthcare service are also already accredited by JCI and our Stroke and Palliative Care Programs are JCI certified.
“JCI certification recognises excellence in care delivered to defined patient populations and demonstrates that an organisation meets an extra, stringent set of compliance and safety standards. All our facilities and staff have worked incredibly hard to make this possible and we will continue to work hard to ensure that the care we provide to our patients is the best that it can be.”
Commenting on HMC’s JCI accreditation success and some of the improvements seen across the organisation since the 2016 accreditation visits, Ali al Janahi, chief of Business Services at HMC, said: “In the three years since the JCI last inspected HMC, we have seen a significant number of new hospitals open and new services come on line and the number of patients we serve has grown substantially.”
Doha
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced its biggest international accreditation success to date with 13 of its facilities and services being accredited by the US-based Joint Commission International (JCI). This includes accreditation for the first time for three new hospitals as well as the Hamad Dental Center and Mental Health Service. Eight hospitals that already held JCI accreditation were also successfully re-accredited.
This represents the greatest number of JCI accredited facilities in Qatar to date.
HMC also remains the only hospital system outside of the United States to achieve corporate Academic Medical Center accreditation for all its hospitals simultaneously. JCI Accreditation is seen as the gold standard for the accreditation of hospitals worldwide and the latest edition of their quality and safety standards and measures which hospitals must meet to achieve accreditation are the most exacting to date. Hospitals must meet strict patient safety and performance improvement standards to achieve accreditation status and these are rigorously checked before accreditation is granted. The JCI team has been surveying HMC for the last three months and the accreditation announcement is the culmination of a rigorous process which has involved staff from every part of the Corporation.
Minister of Public Health and Managing Director of HMC HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al Kuwari was present when the accreditation announcement was made. She said, “The quality of healthcare in Qatar continues to improve year-on-year. Today’s accreditation success is another example of the quality of care in Qatar being recognised internationally and HMC - as the main provider of secondary and tertiary care in the country - is central to this.”
She added, “HMC remains the only hospital system outside of the United States to achieve JCI Corporate Academic Medical Center accreditation for all of its hospitals simultaneously and achieving this for 12 facilities as well as Hamad Dental Center accreditation is no easy task. This prestigious international accreditation is incredibly challenging to achieve and maintain. The commitment of each one of HMC’s staff and their focus on delivering the highest standard of care to our patients is a great testament to this achievement.”
Dr Badriya al Ali, deputy chief quality officer for Hamad Medical Corporation whose team was central to the management of JCI accreditation across HMC, reiterated the minister’ sentiments. She said, “The announcement by the JCI surveyors of HMC’s accreditation success demonstrates the consistently high standards of care being delivered across HMC. This achievement is even more significant when we consider that our National Ambulance Service and Home Healthcare service are also already accredited by JCI and our Stroke and Palliative Care Programs are JCI certified.
“JCI certification recognises excellence in care delivered to defined patient populations and demonstrates that an organisation meets an extra, stringent set of compliance and safety standards. All our facilities and staff have worked incredibly hard to make this possible and we will continue to work hard to ensure that the care we provide to our patients is the best that it can be.”
Commenting on HMC’s JCI accreditation success and some of the improvements seen across the organisation since the 2016 accreditation visits, Ali al Janahi, chief of Business Services at HMC, said: “In the three years since the JCI last inspected HMC, we have seen a significant number of new hospitals open and new services come on line and the number of patients we serve has grown substantially.”
