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The acronym "SMART" stands for Standards-based, Machine-readable, Adaptive, Requirements-based, and Testable, which outlines the structured approach used to translate traditional health guidelines into formats suitable for digital health systems.: [1] The objective of SMART guidelines is to promote adaptation of WHO guidelines while preserving ...
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.
Clinical data standards are used to store and communicate information related to healthcare so that its meaning is unambiguous. They are used in clinical practice, in activity analysis and finding, and in research and development. There are many existing and proposed standards and many bodies working in this field.
This list is not limited to ISO members. Afghanistan – ANSA – Afghan National Standard Authority; Algeria – IANOR – Institut algérien de normalisation; Argentina – IRAM – Instituto Argentino de Normalización; Armenia – SARM – National Institute of Standards and Quality; Australia – SA – Standards Australia
At the heart of these schemes is a list of standards which, ideally, serve to assess evaluate in a systematic and comprehensive way the standards of professional performance in a hospital. This includes not only hand-on patient care but also training and education of staff, credentials, clinical governance and audit , research activity, ethical ...
The first edition of standards was released in 2006 and after that, the standards have been revised every 3 years. Currently the 5th edition of NABH standards, released in August 2020 is in use. The organization has to go for re-assessment after every 2 years. After every re-assessment, the renewal certificate is obtained by the hospital.
GCP guidelines include standards on how clinical trials should be conducted, define the roles and responsibilities of institutional review boards, clinical research investigators, clinical trial sponsors, and monitors. In the pharmaceutical industry monitors are often called clinical research associates.
Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society". [1] According to the World Health Organization, an explicit health policy can achieve several things: it defines a vision for the future; it outlines priorities and the expected roles of different groups; and it builds consensus and informs people.