Implementing a quality improvement initiative for private healthcare facilities to achieve accreditation: experience from India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Manyata program is a quality improvement initiative for private healthcare facilities in India which provided maternity care services. Under this initiative, technical assistance was provided to selected facilities in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra which were interested in obtaining 'entry level certification' under the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) for provision of quality services. This paper describes the change in quality at those Manyata-supported facilities when assessed by the NABH standards of care.

Methods

Twenty-eight private-sector facilities underwent NABH assessments in the three states from August 2017 to February 2019. Baseline assessment (by program staff) and NABH assessment

SUBMITTER: Nair TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375635 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature