SEHA operated healthcare provider underscores commitment of excellence towards patients and staff

Abu Dhabi, UAE 16 November 2011: Madinat Zayed Hospital, one of the hospitals in the Al Gharbia Hospitals Group owned and operated by the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), has become the 7th SEHA facility to be awarded the prestigious Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA). Madinat Zayed's achievement is part of SEHA's goal of JCIA accreditation for all healthcare providers within the SEHA HealthSystem. 

Joint Commission International Accreditation is a voluntary process a healthcare organization undertakes to show commitment towards the highest standards of patient safety and healthcare quality improvement. The accreditation process involves a close and thorough review of the facility by outside consultants and surveyors who are highly trained clinicians and advocates for patient safety.  Their independent review determines if a healthcare organization meets stringent international standards 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.

"JCIA accreditation is an important element in ensuring excellence in healthcare that meet or exceed globally accepted standards", said Carl Stanifer, CEO of SEHA and the SEHA HealthSystem. "We are working on developing a healthcare system that is on par with the best in the world, and Madinat Zayed's accreditation is further confirmation of our commitment to this goal," "We are working towards ensuring that all our healthcare facilities, clinics and operations are eventually JCIA accredited and deemed to be operating to the highest healthcare standards."

Other JCIA accredited SEHA facilities include Al Rahba Hospital, Corniche Hospital, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain Hospital, SEHA's Ambulatory Healthcare Centre in Khalifa City A, SKMC Hospital, SKMC's Outpatient Clinics, Abu Dhabi Blood Bank and Tawam Dental Clinic.

"We are very proud of having achieved JCIA accreditation, which offers an independent confirmation of the best practices followed by the Madinat Zayed Hospital in patient care and healthcare provision," said Salem Al Mazrouei, Director, Al Gharbia. "We are the first facility in the Al Gharbia Hospitals Group to achieve this prestigious benchmark. We look forward to sharing our knowledge and expertise with others in the Group to ensure successful accreditation for all. I would also like to thank and congratulate our team members and staff for their unwavering dedication to excellence that was instrumental in ensuring we measured up to the best practice benchmarks required of JCI Accreditation and the Gold Seal of Excellence," Hospitals  

Joint Commission International (JCI) is recognized today as a world leader in accreditation standards, with a strong focus on quality improvement and patient safety. Working with global healthcare organizations in over 80 countries, JCI has accredited 13 healthcare facilities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi alone.  The commission possesses a high level of expertise in a number of performance areas including infection control, medication safety and facility safety.

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AL Gharbia Hospitals:
AL Gharbia Hospitals manages the public hospitals in the Al Gharbia (Western) Region of Abu Dhabi. The Western Region covers an area approximately 400 X 300 Kilometers in size and represents 80% of the total area of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Al Gharbia Hospitals currently operates six licensed hospitals with locations in Madinat Zayed, Liwa, Mirfa, Ghayathi, Delma Island and Silaa. Al Gharbia Hospitals also operates four primary care clinics in Abu Abyad, Sir Bani Yas, Bide Mutawa, and our newest is the Al Dhafra Family Medicine Center in Madinat Zayed. AL Gharbia Hospitals mission is "to provide high quality rural healthcare services that are accessible to residents of the region" and our vision is to "become the patient's first choice for primary and secondary healthcare services".

The Al Gharbia hospitals are managed via a unique management role owing to the widely dispersed locations and cities. The sophisticated communication technology eased the burden to a great extent to the most of logistical difficulties and obstacles, making Al Gharbia hospitals excel and always go beyond the limit.

On various occasion and diversified surveys on patients satisfaction, sponsored by SEHA head office and conducted by specialized agencies, The Al Gharbia hospitals ranked first in many specialties proving the determination of Al Gharbia hospitals to pioneer along the road, the long road of success which has started by the Al Gharbia hospitals and commenced with achieving the international accreditation hopefully by the beginning of 2011.

About the SEHA Health System and the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA)
SEHA is health in Arabic.  The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC- whose marketing identity is SEHA - is an independent, public joint stock company created to develop the curative activities of the public healthcare system in Abu Dhabi. The company owns and operates all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi which together make up the SEHA HealthSystem.  SEHA is committed to continuous improvement of customer care to recognized international standards and providing our customers and communities served world class healthcare.  SEHA has partnered with internationally recognized hospital managers to achieve these goals.  These include Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, VAMED, Medical University of Vienna, Bumrungrad International and Fresenius Medical Care.  SEHA owns and operates 12 hospitals with 2,644 beds, 62 ambulatory care, family care and urgent care centers and 2 blood banks.  SEHA is one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in the Middle East with more than 17,000 doctors, nurses, ancillary care and administrative personnel in its employ.  Visit our website at www.seha.ae.

© Press Release 2011