THE JCI ADVANTAGE

• JCI is a recognized world leader in health care quality and patient safety. Their consultants and surveyors are highly trained clinicians and advocates for patient safety. JCI accreditation for  international hospitals is a very important for any patients seeking healthcare abroad, especially for the ones contemplating upon foreign surgery.
• JCI accredited hospitals focus  on health care quality improvement and patient safety. This is achieved  with expertise in infection control, medication safety and facility safety.
• JCI's standards were developed by renowned health care experts from around the world and were tested in international hospitals and other overseas medical facilities throughout the world.
• JCI's accreditation policies and decisions are made by an international committee of health care  and overseas medical experts
• JCI  has Advisory Councils in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. These councils are made up of health care leaders and overseas medical experts who provide guidance on key patient safety and quality issues.
• The top hospitals in India, international hospitals and other overseas medical facilities in other countries have successfully  addressed their most challenging patient safety issues using JCI ‘s innovative yet practical solutions. The highly skilled JCI staff has thus helped the medical tourists seeking healthcare abroad to obtain a safe foreign surgery in overseas medical destinations.
• JCI accreditation and/or Certification is a process in which an entity, separate and distinct from the health care organization, usually non-governmental, assesses the health care organization to determine if it meets a set of standards requirements designed to improve quality of care. This voluntary process provides a visible commitment by an organization to continually ensure a safe environment for its patients and staff. 
  
  Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation can help international hospitals, public health agencies, health ministries and other overseas medical facilities providing healthcare abroad to evaluate, improve and demonstrate the quality of patient care in their nations while addressing any specific legal, religious and cultural issues within a country. 
  
  As the International division of Joint Commission Resources, JCI has been working with foreign surgery hospitals, health care organizations, ministries of health, and global organizations in over 80 countries since 1994.
  
  In fact, the world's first World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre, dedicated exclusively to patient safety solutions, is a joint partnership between the WHO, The Joint Commission, and JCI.

Global Accreditation and Certification
Through JCI accreditation and certification, health care organizations will obtain a variety of resources and services that connect them with the international community They will also participate in an international quality measurement system for benchmarking; risk elimination strategies and best operating practices; tactics to reduce adverse effects, and the annual Executive Briefing Programs.

Consulting International Institutions
JCI Consultants provides education and advisory services to health care organizations, ministries of health, accrediting agencies, and other entities outside of the United States. JCI also provide practical solutions to help develop clinical services, improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, risk mitigation and management, and achieve international standards.

JCI consultants bring  to table expertise and best practices learned in working with the global community. Their focus is on health care quality improvement and patient safety.The top hospitals in India are JCI hospitals and benefited a lot along with other overseas medcal facilities.The medical tourist eying healthcare abroad for foreign surgery will be a lot safer in these JCI hospitals with this expertise in infection control, medication safety, facility safety, and accreditation standards compliance.

The JCI Mission

The joint Commission International states its mission as follows:
“The mission of JCI is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care in the international community through the provision of education and consultation services and international accreditation and certification.

Accreditation standards, policies, procedures and evaluation methods evolve and change on a continuous basis. Thus, JCI makes a significant investment in keeping our consultants, surveyors and accreditation partners up to date through continuous education and re-training. Please note that only those individuals and partners specifically referenced or listed on the JCI web site have benefited from this continuous education process.”
This translates into the highest safety standards are now available to the medical tourist at international hospitals at fractional costs.