GAHAR

Accreditation Standards

In reference to Law no. 2 for the year 2018 for issuance of the Universal Health Insurance in Egypt, GAHAR should set quality standards for health services and apply them to medical care facilities, and accomplish the accreditation and registration of medical facilities and medical professionals, thus ensuring compliance with quality standards.

GAHAR developed its standards for accreditation with inputs from multidisciplinary health care professionals, subject matter experts, Ministry of Health & Population representatives, international organizations, and private sector healthcare providers.

The accreditation standards development process is based on scientific literature and expert consensus. The process was reviewed both internally and externally, and underwent field testing and pilot testing before final approval by GAHAR’s board.

The accreditation standards handle healthcare delivery from two main perspectives, the patient-centered perspective and the organization-centered.

On the one hand, patient-centered standards adopt the Picker model for patient-centered care to ensure the responsiveness of organizations to patients’ and families’ needs.

On the other hand, organization-centered standards highlight many aspects needed for workplace suitability to provide a safe environment for staff, patients, and their families, by adopting the HealthWISE concepts.