St. Luke’s hospital bags int’l accreditation anew

8:13 am | Saturday, December 1st, 2012

MANILA, Philippines—St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City (SLMC-QC) on Friday announced the renewal of its international accreditation with the Joint Commission International (JCI), the world’s most prestigious accrediting body of healthcare organizations.

In a press conference, JCI lead surveyor Dr. Enrico Baldantoni reported that St. Luke’s-Quezon City had passed the international standards assessment for patient care and safety among others, and recently received notification of its accreditation—its fourth— from the JCI central office in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2003, SLMC-QC earned the distinction of being the first hospital in the Philippines and the second in Asia to be awarded JCI accreditation. It now claims to be the first to receive the award for a fourth time.

The JCI survey is conducted every three years to ensure that every hospital organization’s policies, procedures and evaluation methods are up-to-date and compliant with worldwide standards.

The accreditation means the healthcare that the hospital offers is benchmarked with the highest standards of care and safety practiced by renowned hospitals around the world, as set by the JCI.

“Earning accreditation from JCI is another step towards excellence in patient care,” St. Luke’s president and CEO, Dr. Edgardo R. Cortez, said in an e-mailed statement.

A team of three JCI surveyors—a physician, a nurse and an administrator—visited the SLMC-QC from Nov. 19 to 23. The team scrutinized various aspects of the hospital including facility management, infection control, patient safety, documentation of patient records, staff qualifications and disaster preparedness, and compared these to over 1500 international standards in continuous healthcare improvement.

In the global healthcare community, JCI is considered the authority in patient safety and quality improvement with a presence in more than 90 countries to date.

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andrewassme

JCI OR Joint Commission as it is known in the USA, is one of the few Private-Run companies paid by the hospital members themselves to perform an assessment of their hospitals’ performance. The Joint Commission is not the only one that sets the standards, it is just known because it has the most hospital membership, and they sort of set the “STANDARDS”. Now I quoted the word “standard” because it is not the norm. Meaning, if we have visitors coming to our house, we clean the house and make sure things are pretty in their eyes. Same thing goes to these hospitals. Things get organized and made ideal when the watchers are around. The same techniques all these hospitals do since the creation of JCAHO. I am not saying St. Luke’s is not the best, but certainly you will still see some cracks and leaks in any hospital you go to. In conclusion, Go to a hospital that does training and research. Most likely, that hospital is good or at least better than its neighbor. Do not be fooled by JCAHO accreditation, remember, these hospitals pay them to accredit them…That’s all.

http://www.facebook.com/estee.muri Estee Muri

I noticed that Joint Commission Inspector gets ideas from one hospital and bring that idea to other hospitals and set it as ‘STANDARD” . Hospitals paid them to inspect their own backyard. and then claim that ACCREDITITION. i do not know if an accredition should be claimed and be proud of. I think , to say that the hospital is accredited just means that it is not below the standard of service and not to BRAG about it that it is an ACCREDITED HOSPITAL. For what does the name connotes for?
Misnomer,perchance to show off ” Accredited” I will only salute if it is the Government itself who sent those Inspector to inspect the Hospital and the hospital passed with flying colors. It is my opinion.

Fz20

Its still a good thing to acquire all/any accreditations you can get esp from 1stworld countries.
http://twitter.com/Olibo2 Olibo

The only problem in this hospital is it’s service is beyond the reach of the ordinary people.Correct me if I’m wrong, is there any charity or indigent ward in this hospital? If not, there must be other kind of accreditation awarded to this hospital,e.g. One of the most expensive hospitals in Asia.

andrewassme

SLMC is doing this to attract foreign patients with MONEY, believe it or not. This hospital is not for the faint of heart, i.e. the poor around its vicinity.

anu12345

Mahusay nga iyang St Luke’s. Kaya gusto ng mga taong bayan. Na mayaman sa kurakot.
http://profile.yahoo.com/Z32DU636QP4GZWZBW7C7ZURNW4 aga

Does that mean that US Medicare and US private health insurance companies in the United States now accredit SLMC?

andrewassme

No. Medicare and Medicaid apply to American Hospitals only and for the sole use of an American Citizen only.

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