Hospital Accreditation
1. Purpose:
1.1. To align with the Dubai Health Sector Strategy.
1.2. To ensure all DHA licensed hospitals achieve and maintain international accreditation.
1.3. To ensure all DHA licensed hospitals maintain continuous healthcare improvement programs.
2. Scope:
2.1. Hospital Accreditation.
3. Definitions and Abbreviations:
Accreditation: Accreditation is a third-party attestation related to a set of Standards and is used to formally demonstrate competence or compliance of specific tasks related to structure, process or outcome within the healthcare organisation.
DHA: Dubai Health Authority
HRS: Health Regulation Sector
IAP: International Accreditation Programme
IEEA: ISQua External Evaluation Association
ISQua: International Society for Quality in Healthcare
4. Policy Statement:
4.1. The International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) International Accreditation Programme (IAP) provides a global accreditation service and consists of the following independent third-party assessment process to validate existing systems and drive continuous quality improvement across three domains:
4.1.1. Accreditation of Health and Social Care Standards.
4.1.2. Accreditation of External Evaluation Organisations.
4.1.3. Accreditation of Surveyor Training Programmes.
4.2. DHA Licensed Hospitals
4.2.1. All DHA licensed hospitals are required to be accredited by ISQUA IEEA approved accreditor within 24 months from the point of license activation.