This is a list of international healthcare accreditation organizations. These organizations are responsible for the accreditationofhospitals and other healtchcare services. The Joint Commission is one of the most widely used accreditation organizations. The International Society for the Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) is the umbrella organization responsible for accrediting the Joint Commission accreditation scheme in the US and Accreditation Canada International, as well as accreditation organizations in the United Kingdom and Australia.[1] Many countries have either voluntary or mandatory accreditation requirements.[2]
The following is a list of hospital accreditation organizations grouped by country:
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.[3][4]
Brazil, Argentina, and Chile were engaged in a hospital accreditation program in the 1990s in collaboration with PAHO.[3][4]
As of 2009, Mexico signed an agreement with the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, now the Joint Commission to adopt U.S. hospital standards for accreditation.[30]
Hospital accreditation is required in order to be eligible for Medicare patient coverage.[2]
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 22,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.
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