Overview

NABH International is the international wing of NABH. NABH International is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. The board has full autonomy in its operations with support by all stakeholders. The NABH standards provide framework for quality assurance and quality improvement for the Healthcare Organizations. The standards focus on all aspects of service delivery like patient rights and education, infection control practices, trained and experienced staff, infrastructure, environment safety, processes and controls among many others, statutory & regulatory compliances. A NABH-"MARK OF EXCELLENCE" is provided to the organization based on evaluation on these standards. The Accreditation Programmes for Healthcare Organizations are voluntary programmes.

Hospital Accreditation and Benefits

NABH Accreditation benefits all stake holders. Patients are the biggest beneficiary. Accreditation results in high quality of care and patient safety. The patients get services by credential medical staff. Rights of patients are respected and protected. Patient satisfaction is regularly evaluated.

The staff in a accredited hospital are satisfied lot as it provides for continuous learning, good working environment, leadership and above all ownership of clinical processes.

Accreditation to a hospital stimulates continuous improvement. It enables hospital in demonstrating commitment to quality care. It raises community confidence in the services provided by the hospital. It also provides opportunity to healthcare unit to benchmark with the best.

Finally, accreditation provides an objective system of empanelment by insurance and other third parties. Accreditation provides access to reliable and certified information on facilities, infrastructure and level of care.