List of international healthcare accreditation organizations
This is a list of international healthcare accreditation organizations. These organizations are responsible for the accreditation of hospitals and other healtchcare services. The Joint Commission is one of the most widely used accreditation organizations. The International Society for the Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) is the umbrella organization responsible for accrediting the Joint Commission accreditation scheme in the US and Accreditation Canada International, as well as accreditation organizations in the United Kingdom and Australia.[1] Many countries have either voluntary or mandatory accreditation requirements.[2]
Organizations
The following is a list of hospital accreditation organizations grouped by country:
Africa
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.[3][4]
USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST)[5]
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards International (ACHSI)[7]
Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL) [8]
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC)[9] uses standards developed by the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS Standards)[10]
Australian Council for Healthcare Standards International (ACHSI), based in Australia[11]
Bosnia
Srpska Agency for Accreditation and Quality, part of the Ministry of Health of Bosnia[12]
Brazil
Associação Congregação de Santa Catarina (ACSC), established in 1900[13]
Bulgaria
Accreditation Canada (AC), through local representation.
Canada
Accreditation Canada (AC), formerly known as Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation, or CCHSA - based in Canada[14]
VALSTYBINĖ AKREDITAVIMO SVEIKATOS PRIEŽIŪROS VEIKLAI TARNYBA (English: State Health Care Accreditation Agency) (VASPVT)[28]
Malaysia
Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH)[29]
Mexico
As of 2009, Mexico signed an agreement with the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, now the Joint Commission to adopt U.S. hospital standards for accreditation.[30]
The DAA Group provides accreditation to health services in NZ [32] The DAA Group is accredited by the international umbrella organization, the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua).
North Macedonia
Agency for Quality and Accreditation of Health Institutions of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, established in 2013[33]
^ abYu, Shijian (2011-05-21). 国家中医药管理局历史沿革 [History of the NATCM]. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
^ abState Council of the People's Republic of China (1986-07-20). 国务院关于成立国家中医管理局的通知(国发〔1986〕79号) [State Countil notification on establishing the NATCM (SC [1986] 79)].
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^"History of the Joint Commission". The Joint Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2020. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 22,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.