Trent Accreditation Scheme - International Healthcare Accreditation

International Healthcare Accreditation

With the advent of medical tourism, international healthcare accreditation has increasingly grown in importance. A number of accreditation organisations sourced from a number of countries fulfil this internationally orientated role, including:

• Accreditation Canada International (formerly "The Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation", or CCHSA)
• Joint Commission International (JCI), in the USA
• The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, or ACHS
• QHA Trent Accreditation (UK)

No single accreditation scheme enjoys exclusive rights to be seen as an overall world-wide-relevant scheme, and some hospitals are looking towards multiple accreditation to achieve performance credibility in different parts of the world.

The Trent Scheme was the first accreditation scheme to survey and accredit a hospital in Asia, in Hong Kong in 2000 . Since then others such as JCI have entered the market, with JCI first accrediting Bumrungrad International Hospital in Thailand in 2002.