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 [...]

Bupa International and JCI Develop Quality Assurance Programme.
Leading expatriate health insurer, Bupa International, has developed a quality assurance programme for its 7,500 recognised providers worldwide with the assistance of Joint Commission International (JCI), the world’s leading international healthcare accreditation body. The programme will reassure Bupa International customers that they have [...]

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 [...]

Raffles Hospital joined 220 healthcare organisations in 33 countries as a Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospital on 13 December 2008. JCI is currently the most recognised international healthcare accreditation body and the gold standard in the setting and monitoring of global healthcare standards for hospitals.
For many of Raffles’ patients, the Raffles name was all [...]

JCR Accreditation Summit Debuts April 28-29.
A pre-summit April 27 is designed for those new to the accreditation process.
Health care leaders can learn strategies and solutions to improve their organizations’ accreditation processes at The Joint Commission Accreditation Summit. The April 28-29 summit is being presented by Joint Commission Resources (JCR), a not-for-profit [...]

(OAKBROOK, Ill., USA – March 26, 2009) Joint Commission International (JCI) has named Ashraf Ismail, M.D., M.P.H., as managing director of its Middle East Office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
As a founder of the Egyptian Society for Quality in Healthcare, Dr. Ismail brings extensive experience in hospital accreditation, health care quality management, performance improvement [...]

New Institute to Advance Quality Improvement Efforts
(OAK BROOK, Illinois, USA –  March 10, 2009) Joint Commission International (JCI) and Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC) announce the establishment of the Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, on the campus of PUHSC. The collaborative effort draws upon PUHSC’s experience in Chinese medical education and [...]

Most insurers balk at covering medical procedures performed overseas, but some are exploring the option. Twenty years ago, an American needing knee surgery probably wouldn’t think of jetting off to India for the operation. But times keep changing, health insurance costs keep rising, and Kumar Jagadeesan can cite a statistic that has led many patients to jump aboard a plane.