Medical Tourism and Accreditation

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Permalink Reply by Mubbashir on February 6, 2010 at 9:52am

Dear Mr Ashok Kumar,
Greetings from Kuala Lumpur.
Rightly said, all what you have written is very important and pertinent for hospitals to serve sick patients or go for medical tourism. If we see it is very important to get accredited hospitals only for Medical Tourism a policy which my company Wellness Visit, adheres strongly.
but I am not satisfied with over all development in accreditation aspect of Medical Tourism at international level. Certainly US Medical Tourism Agencies are bias and push JCI and push hospitals to buy it, rather get accredited. Just for example there is a hospital I know, which can not get MSQH (Malaysian Society of Quality in Healthcare) but it can get JCI in less than a year in operation. More over the way the JCI promote itself is more of a marketing tool rather for sake of safety and standardization purpose. This will not only inflate the price issues in medical tourism but also reversely affect the quality of care provided by cutting corners to get back the huge amount of payments made to get JCI accreditation.
Accrediations bodies like MSQH or NABH are well established to make hospitals provide best care in most well structured and safe manner and not just for the patients of their respective countries but for US or any other patient in the world. As to me, it is very important for my US Friends to realize this issue and try to avoid double standards in this regard, as this will further plunge them into the problem of, failure providing quality care at affordable price.
Good Luck and Best regards,
Mubbashir

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Permalink Reply by Mubbashir on February 11, 2010 at 7:34am

Hi, all,
Quite surprising that people are not interested to comment on this important topic. I think half of the medical tourism charm is ruined in the name of Accreditation of otherwise JCI. I feel and feel strongly that other members of this forum must talk their views or walk their ideas here.
Rgds

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Permalink Reply by Kannu Sharma on February 12, 2010 at 3:25am

Hello Mr.Ashok,
NABH is not known to the world although it is an institutional member of ISQua or if its is known then Medical Tourism Facilitators and Medical Traveler has a mindset of JCI Accreditation only. NABH Accreditation is now necessarily required by the CGHS empaneled Hospitals and in the upcoming year it will be mandatory for the Hospitals providing treatment coverage in Health Insurance.The whole aspect of NABH is covering the Indian Nation perspective only.
It has been into news that QCI will also form NABH international Standards which will act as a benchmark for international medical travelers and i think if it is promoted in a big way , then we will again consider India as a " The Golden Sparrow" again.

Thanks

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