What Is Nabh Accreditation?

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Formed since 2005, National Accreditation Board is an exhaustive healthcare standard for hospitals and healthcare providers around the globe, this standard is set up by the constituent board of Quality Council of India to establish and maintain the accreditation parameters for Hospital and Healthcare Organizations.

NABH accreditation Standards are equivalent to other international hospital and health care standards such as Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, the Japan Council for Quality in Health Care, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance in the United States. NABH accreditation is the world’s most leading hospital accreditation because it’s standards are accredited by ISQUA the apex body accrediting the top accreditators.

All stakeholders including industry, consumers, government, have full functional autonomy in the operations of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers.(NABH)

Importance of NABH Accreditation for your Hospital

The current standards 5th Edition, made by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers ...
... consists of 600 plus objectives to achieve the NABH Accreditation with the stringent implementation of patient and organization centered standards for your hospital and other health care organizations.

• NABH Accreditation is mandatory by IRDA, for all hospitals to avail the cashless services and empanelment with various TPAs and Insurance Companies (as per IRDA notification No: IRDA/HLT/REG/CIR/146/07/2016 dated 29.07.2016)

• NABH Accreditation is mandatory for various state insurance schemes in India

• NABH Accreditation results in high quality of care and patient safety in the hospital

• NABH Accreditation raises community confidence in the services provided by the hospital

• NABH Accreditation provides opportunity to hospitals to benchmark with the best in healthcare industry.

• NABH Accreditation provides continuous learning, good working environment, leadership, and above all ownership of clinical processes.

• NABH Accreditation provides more work satisfaction in the hospital

• NABH Accreditation provides the opportunity to the patients to get treated by the credentialed and trained medical staffs

• NABH Accreditation provides opportunity to the hospital for Medical tourism and international recognition.

• Consumer satisfaction increases because NABH accreditation provides certified information on facilities, infrastructure and level of care.

• NABH Accreditation stimulates the continuous improvement of a healthcare organization.

• The objective of NABH is enhancing the health system & promoting continuous quality improvement and patient safety. It is a body that operates accreditation and allied programs on patient safety and healthcare quality.