CAHO Dr. Alexander Thomas President, CAHO

Origin of CAHO All stakeholders keenly felt the need for a platform for accredited hospitals and laboratories CAHO was created by NABH at an NABH conclave in 2012

Objectives of CAHO To continuously raise the bar of healthcare quality To support NABH & NABL: provide feedback and CQI initiatives To make visible the benefits of accreditation to various stakeholders: patients, insurance, healthcare providers and industry leaders To share best practices and learn from each other To provide mentorship to non-accredited healthcare organisations

Founder-Members of CAHO Dr Nandakumar Jairam Dr Girdhar Gyani Dr Alexander Thomas Dr Venkatesh Thuppil Dr Arati Verma Dr Nabin Pattnaik Dr RV Karanjekar Dr Premkumar Nair Dr N Trivedi Dr Junaid Rahman Mr Sunny Kuruvilla Dr A Malathi

Governing Committee 2015-2017 President Dr Alexander Thomas Vice President Dr Nabin Pattnaik Secretary General Dr Vijay Agarwal Joint Secretary Dr Barnali Das Treasurer Ms Upasna Arora Immediate Former Secretary General Dr Arati Verma

CAHO ACHIEVEMENTS: NATIONAL ENTRY-LEVEL STANDARDS OF ACCREDITATION Facilitated the introduction of entry-level standards of accreditation through the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) Promoted the entry-level standards through different State Governments and IRDA Developed a Guidebook on the Entry-Level Accreditation Standards with NABH and the World Bank

PRE-ACCREDITATION ENTRY- LEVEL STANDARDS FOR SMALL HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS

CAHO ACHIEVEMENTS: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION Facilitated feedback for the 4th Edition of the NABH Accreditation Standards Introduced the incorporation of healthcare communication among the 4th Edition Accreditation Standards

Communication… Started a dynamic movement on healthcare communication in the country with the development of a textbook on the subject. Development of communication workshops all over the Country The creation of an e-learning course on Healthcare Communication for Better Healing

COMMUNICATE. CARE. CURE: A GUIDE TO HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION

CAHO IS REPRESENTED/INVOLVED WITH: The Board of NABH The Task Force on Public Health Policy, Govt. of Karnataka The National Steering Committee to review ethical and legal perspectives of healthcare in India AHPI HSSC

A MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE ON PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, GOVT. OF KARNATAKA

CAHO POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS Contributed to the Allied Health Sciences Bill by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Consulted with HCOs regarding quality Lobbying with the government to make ultrasounds available to all for improved quality of care Supported Ministry of Health regarding the introduction of nurse practitioners Facilitated Nurses for a Cause for nurse empowerment

GREENING AND ENERGY INITIATIVES MOU with Energy Efficiency Service Limited (EESL) a Government of India body to conduct the energy audits of CAHO members. CAHO represented the accredited hospitals and laboratories in the meeting for developing plans for disaster management in hospitals and laboratories organised by National Institute of Disaster Management. CAHO organised a Round Table meeting on greening the healthcare sector in New Delhi. CAHO represented the accredited healthcare sector to give their feedback on the draft of the new Biomedical Waste Management rules and regulations to Government

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS World Bank project for accreditation of Government hospitals in Karnataka.Bijapur Hospital awarded Kayakalp. Jayanagar Govt. Hospital and KC General Hospital, Malleswaram World Bank-NABH-IIM, Bangalore project on impact of accreditation Training of entry-level assessors Handholding during accreditation process in different states Knowledge partner for the 5th International patient safety congress held in Bangalore.

Technology Mobile App for the general public for spreading awareness on healthcare quality accreditation and many other features -including locating the nearest accredited hospital and laboratory. Evaluating software which can help implementing quality in hospitals in a major way

Other publications

Partnership with Accreditation Bodies NABL NABH

CAHOCON 2015 First national conference held at Le Meridien, New Delhi NABH and NABL were technical partners 400+ delegates from all over India Secretary-General, QCI and CEOS of NABH and NABL interacted with the delegates Distinguished luminaries and eminent speakers

The way forward….. Spread message of quality healthcare throughout the Nation Clinical establishment act and accreditation

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