What motivates professionals to engage in the accreditation of healthcare organizations?
Objective
Motivated staff are needed to improve quality and safety in healthcare organizations. Stimulating and engaging staff to participate in [...]

With the growth of overseas healthcare facilities marketing themselves as a suitable alternative for the North American patient, the inevitable question is “how safe are they?” and “will I receive the same quality of care I would receive in an American hospital?”
A practical solution to this is for the healthcare facility to [...]

Joint Commission International Marks Ten Years of Global Accreditation.
Joint Commission International (JCI) is marking the tenth anniversary of the first health care organization to be awarded accreditation under its globally developed international standards for hospitals.
Established to respond to a growing demand around the world for standards-based evaluation of quality in health [...]

(OAK BROOK, Ill., USA - 15 September, 2008) Joint Commission International’s (JCI) newest accreditation program addresses the front line of health care delivery – primary care – where patients and their families most frequently initiate contact with their local health care community. Recognizing the importance of primary care in promoting patient health, JCI is making the [...]

The Medical Tourism Association has launched “accreditation” to ensure the safety and overall positive results for patients traveling from one country to another. “Having the right processes and procedures in place to assist international patients has a direct correlation to better surgical outcomes for those patients.
Medical Tourism Accreditation.
The Medical Tourism Association announces “Medical Tourism Accreditation [...]

Health care leaders from more than 20 countries will gather in Chicago this summer at Joint Commission International’s (JCI) second Advanced Practicum for Accreditation, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Global experts will discuss key issues, and participants will have the opportunity to visit hospitals that are recognized innovators in health care and learn about standards [...]