While the hospital will usually be expected to cover the cost of the application and the survey itself, often, we are engaged by regional government authorities if the hospital in question happens to be a public-private partnership, or a public tertiary teaching hospital. What they usually do is create a grant to underwrite our travel, consulting...
While many equate accreditation with something specific to medical tourism, it really isn’t about medical tourism. Hospitals seek accreditation to assure patient quality, safety, through external observation and verification that a healthcare organization’s practices, principles, policies and procedures are real, implemented, and followed consistently for every patient that enters its doors, not just those...