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| Formed | 2005 |
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| Website | nabh |
National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, abbreviated as NABH, is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. Formed in 2005, it is the principal accreditation for hospitals in India. [1] [2]
Organisations like the Quality Council of India and its National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers have designed an exhaustive healthcare standard for hospitals and healthcare providers. Hospitals are assessed on over 600 parameters, the standards are divided between patient-centred standards and o standards. [3] To comply with these standard elements, the hospital will need to have a process-driven approach in all aspects of hospital activities – from registration, admission, pre-surgery, peri-surgery and post-surgery protocols, and discharge from the hospital to follow-up with the hospital after discharge. Not only the clinical aspects but the governance aspects are to process driven based on clear and transparent policies and protocols. NABH aims to streamline the entire operations of a hospital.
NABH is equivalent to JCI and other international standards including HAS: Haute Authorite de Sante, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, the Japan Council for Quality in Health Care and the National Committee for Quality Assurance in the United States. Its standards have been accredited by ISQUA, the apex body accrediting the accreditors. Therefore, making NABH accreditation for a hospital at par with the world's leading hospital accreditation body.
The official website of QCI should be referred for the application and implementation of healthcare standards. The Quality Council of India works under the guidance of Ministry of Commerce.
NABH performs three main functions: [4]
Established in 1997 through a Cabinet decision of the Government of India (GoI) – QCI is an autonomous organization under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It was established as the national body for accreditation and quality promotion in the country. The council was established to provide a credible, reliable mechanism for third-party assessment of products, services, and processes which is accepted and recognized globally.
NABH is an Institutional Member as well as a board member of the International Society [6] for Quality in Health Care (lSQua) and on the board of the Asian Society for Quality in Healthcare (ASQua).
NABH accreditation system was established in 2006, as a constituent of the Quality Council of India [7] (QCI). The first edition of standards was released in 2006 and after that, the standards have been revised every 3 years. Currently the 5th edition of NABH standards, released in Aug. 2020 is in use. The organization has to go for re-assessment after every 2 years. After every re-assessment, the renewal certificate is obtained by the hospital.
The first hospital to be accredited by NABH is B M Birla Heart Research Center. To date, 1299 hospitals in India have achieved accreditation by NABH. [8] In public hospitals, Gandhinagar General hospital was the first to get NABH accreditation in 2009.
Standards↵, ↵The NABH standards 4th edition standards are documented in 10 chapters, which are as follows:
NABH keeps updating and upgrading its NABH editions. from time to time. The latest edition is the 5th edition published in 2020. It consists of 10 chapters, 100 standards, and 651 objectives.
The idea is, that the entire hospital staff should be ready for all types of disasters, care protocols, and accidents, incidents. The above-mentioned standards have to be implemented in every hospital. Especially those who wish to apply for NABH accreditation. NABH lays down the pre-assessment guidelines [10] and processes for the hospital, they have to comply with these.
The hospital prepares itself, its teams, and everyone in the organization. The first step is making the staff aware of the need and how to go about it. The management has to keep interacting with them. The entire hospital team is geared up for this exercise. It is doing the tasks, in a properly defined manner. The hospital set up a Quality Department. They prepare all the SOP, processes, protocols, and flow charts on paper. With the help of these complete working policies are created. The reporting is vital. How did they manage the incident? What RCA (Root Cause Analysis) was performed? How the staff was trained. How the environment of the organisation is made safe for not only the patients but also for the staff.
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