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.