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NABH Accreditation for Hospitals

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a part of the Board of Quality Council of India. NABH was setup to establish and operate an accreditation programme for healthcare and wellness centers in India. In this article, we look at the process for obtaining NABH Accreditation for hospitals in India.

NABH Accreditation

NABH accreditation is a way for hospitals in India to implement standards and procedures on par with global benchmarks. NABH is a member of the International Society for Quality In Health Care (ISQUA), an international accreditation body in the areas of healthcare. As a member of ISQUA, NABH has joined a handful of countries that match and authenticate healthcare services to global standards. Thus, a hospital having NABH Accreditation delivers services on par with global standard and serves as a boost to medical tourism in India.
One can start with the following link:

Hospital Standards (4th Edition) December 2015 edition

The book "Hospital Standards (4th Edition)" is available online by visiting:

http://international.nabh.co/NABHStandards.aspx


Pune district first to get most NABH tags
Umesh Isalkar| TNN | Updated: Jul 15, 2017, 10:57 AM IST



PUNE: Pune has become the first district in the country to have maximum accredited healthcare units in public sector.

A total of 37 state-run primary health centres (PHC) located in the district's rural interiors have earned recognition from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH).

Only a handful of government-run health facilities in the country have managed to crack the exhaustive quality tests needed for the NABH tag.

In a time when government-run hospitals are often criticised for high rates, improper documentation, lack of standard practises and processes, the set of accredited PHCs in the district is expected to shed this image.

Health activists, however, say that sustaining quality standards for a prolonged period is the real challenge for PHCs.

As per NABH's official website, there are only 51 government-run PHCs in India having NABH accreditation. Among them, a record-breaking 46 PHCs are from Maharashtra alone. Pune and Kolhapur districts have a total 37 PHCs and 9 PHCs accreditated by NABH respectively.
When contacted Dipti Mohan, deputy director of NABH said, "The list of accredited PHCs is given on our website and the information is updated."
Evaluations of 27 governments-run PHCs are under consideration for accreditation. "Among them, 10 PHCs are from Gujarat, four from Haryana and the remaining 13 from Pune district," said another NABH official.
Senior IAS officer, Pradeep Vyas, commissioner of State Health and Family Welfare and the director, National Health Mission, Maharashtra said,"We aim to seek NABH accreditation for all districts, general and sub-district (50-100 beds) hospitals, 90 rural hospitals and 170 PHCs in the state."


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