About Centre for Accreditation of Health & Social Care

(CAHSC)

QAI’s Centre for Accreditation of Health and Social Care (CSHSC) is set up to operate accreditation/ certification programs in health and social care sector. Primarily, it is targeted to launch those programs which do not exist and there is a need felt by stakeholders to start such programs. To begin with, accreditation programs for following have been developed:-

• Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) including IVF centres
• Home care

The accreditation programs for the following are being developed:-

• Dialysis Centres
• Critical Care
• Quality & Patient Safety Standards

QAI becomes the institutional member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) (www.isqua.org). We aim to achieve ISQua accreditation to our standards and organisation as we move forward.

 

Vision:

Nurturing the largest global pool of organisations and people through quality and accreditation framework.

Mission:

To conceive and deliver education, training, accreditation and related programs in partnership with stakeholders using an approach of co-design and co-creation.

Values:

• Listener:  Seek continuous feedback from stakeholders to address their concerns
• Competitive: Look for viable options to benefit users of our services
• Transparency: Clearly defined policies made available in public domain
• Innovation: Continuously evolve using co-design and co-creation

The organization structure of CAHSC has been designed to meet the requirements of an effective and efficient accreditation system. The Centre is governed by a Board. The Board frames and approve policies and guidelines, and provide direction to QAI’s CAHSC. CEO, QAI is the Member Secretary of the Board.

CAHSC operates its accreditation process through a structured framework of competent staff and pool of empanelled Lead Assessors and Assessors covering specified expertise.