NABH Standards for Hospitals

The hospital accreditation program was started in the year 2005. It is the flagship program for NABH. This program was started with an intent to improve healthcare quality and patient safety at public and private hospitals, has subsequently grown to greater heights, with the standards being recognized internationally at par with other global healthcare accreditation standards and accredited by ISQua (International Society for Quality Assurance in Healthcare). The accreditation standards for hospitals focuses on patient safety and quality of the delivery of services by the hospitals in a changing healthcare environment.

 

Ten chapters of Hospital Standards are

a) Access, Assessment and Continuity of Care (AAC).

b) Care of Patients (COP)

c) Management of Medication (MOM)

d) Patient Rights and Education (PRE)

e) Hospital Infection Control (HIC)

f) Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (PSQ)

g) Responsibilities of Management (ROM)

h) Facilities Management and Safety (FMS)

i) Human Resource Management (HRM)

j) Information Management System (IMS)