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I nternational Healthcare Accred itation. . .
The opportu n ities of choice
Accreditation: The Philippines Experience
The Great East Japan Earthquake Medical Support System
Report AHG Board of Governors Meeti ng 2012
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AHF President (Jan 2012・Dec2013)
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MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT
Dear Members,
I deem it a real
honour that you have
placed your conlidence
in me by electing me as
the AHF President for
2012/2013.1 hope that
practices will enable us all in this r句ion
to learn from each other and to become
significant providers 01 Quality Healthcare
in our res問ctivecountries.
In this 4th Edition 01 the AHF Journal.
we focus on Disaster Management.
I will be able to continue some 01 the
excellent work done by Dr. Adib Yahya
during his 2 year tenure in office. I will
strive hard to ensure the role 01 AHF in
advancing the status 01 the healthcare
Accreditation and Advances in Cardiology in the region. This sharing will enhance
our preparedness for any eventuality and
enable us to be relevant and useful as
providers of worldclass healthcare.
Ilook forward to your continued
suppoバandcommitment for all AHF
initiatives and activities.
ThankYou.
industry in the Asia Pacilic region目 lam
sure that 1 cannot do this without the lull
support and coo問ration01 all the AHF
member countries.刊eopen sharing
01 experiences and benchmarking best
Dato' Dr. Jacob Thomas
AHF President 2012-2013
MESSAGE FROM THE PAST IMMEDIATE PRESIDENT
Dear Members
First of all. 1 would like to congratulate
to DrιJacob Thomas as AHF President. period 2012・2013and I am very conlident
with his networking and capabilities he
could carry AHF as a place lor aspirations
and inspirations 01 hospitals in the Asia Pacific region.
world class healthcare
to provide an excellent
services not only for local
patients but also from all
over the world.
Onceagain.
congratulations to Dr.
Jacob Thomas and success for all of us. I also hope that hospital induslry in
Ihis r句ionwill conlinue 10 grow into a Dr. Adib A, Yahya
AHF President 2011・2011)
HISTORYOF DR. CIPTOMANGUNKUSUMO HOSPITAL (RSCMjRumah Sakit CiptoMangunkusumo)
The history 01 the Hospital Dr Ciptomangunkusumo, is inseparable Irom the history 01
the Facully 01 Medicine, University 01 Indonesia,国causethe development 01 both these
institutions are interdependent and complement each other.
In 1896 Dr. H. RolI was問intedas medical education leader in Batavia (Jakarta). At that
time. the laboratory and java medical school were still under this same leader. Then, in 1910
java medical school changed its name to become name in lull (STOVIA), the beginning 01 the
medical lacully 01 Universily 01 Indonesia.
On November 19,1919 the CBZ (Centrale Burgulijke ziekenhuis) was built. It was
affiliated with STOVIA since that moment 01 carrying out medical education and this service
gr制 rapidlyand devel口問dmedical lacilities service s限cialistslor all the Indonesian
sociely. In March 1942 when Indonesia was occup制 andruled by Japan, CBZ切came
a universily hospital (ika daigaku byongin). In the 1似5,CBZ changed its name again
国comingRumah Sakit Oemoem Negeri (RSON), which was then led by Prol Dr Asikin
Widjayakoesoema and subsequently凶 byProfTamija.
In Dec曹m国r1219ωRSON chang凶 itsname yet again and民cameRumah Sakit
Umum Pusat (RSUP). On August 17, 1964 the Minister 01 Health Prol. Dr. Satrio, officially
recognized RSUP and it became Rumah Sakit Tjipto Mangunkusumo (RSTM) and with the
development 01 Ejaan Baru Bahasa Indonesia, it once again changed its name to become
Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM.)
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I nternational Healthcare Accred itation. . .
The opportunities of choice
I"'he movement of people to and from other countries in
I search of high quality and affordable health services is not I new, but has been the subject of a more public interest and
scrutiny particularly over the last decade.
Patients obviously are seeking to receive optimal care, in an environment that is responsive to their rl閃uirementsand
at an affordable price. However, the third party in this search are often those responsible for paying for care.刊isgroup can
include insurance companies, health funds and sometimes
governments. They have similar objectives as the patienl
themselves, but look 10 receiving 'value for money' in stronger
commercial terms. If a health care organisatlon has been
accredited through an internationally respected provider of such
services, then the 1句icthat follows is that risks of unintended
adverse outcomes from the care pr'∞ess is either (i凶uc凶 orremoved. This in itself is often the key motlvatlon for a hospital
or similar service to participate in an accreditation program. It
is in this environment that interest in internationally respecled
accreditation p明 ramshave grown.
The International Society for Qual ity in Heallh Care defines
accreditation as
. ,,"A public recognition bya healthcare accr凶itationbody
of the achievement of accreditation standards bya heallhcare
organisalion, demonslraled Ihrough an independenl exlernal peer assessmenl of thal organisalion's level of問 rformancein
relation to Ihe slandards."
There a陀 anumber of definilions of accredilation in use, bul
Ihe essenlial elements of standards based, inde問ndent問er
assessmenl are consistently applied.
so which are those organisalions Ihat provide inlernationally recognised accredilalion services? The belter rec句 nised
are the Auslralian Council on Heallhcare Standards, Joint
Commission Internalional, Accredilation Canada and the
United Kingdom based CHKS. The Council for Heallh
Service Accreditation of Southern Africa of course has had
a mullinalional focus since ils inceplion. However, Ihere
are several newer entranls into this market place including accrediting organisations in France. The Netherlands and
possibly Scotland白 Inaddition 10 Ihese nominalions there
are an increasing number of nalionally focused accreditation
organisations in a rapidly growing number of countries.
There is recognised international gro川hin using standards
based accredilation pr句rams.The results of a r配 entsurvey
conducted to more accurately assess the scale and nalure of
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this growth will be publish凶 inthe near
future.
From astrat句ic凶 sition,standards provide a framework for action. They can:
Guide回haviour
Build team work
Support policy implementation
Facilitate the collection of consistent
data
Suppoバthemonitoring of
performance, including -Policy effectiveness
-Skilllevels
Play a valuable role in informing
resource allocation decision making.
There are options in seeking to establish an internationally r配 ognised
accreditation pr句ramfor health services.
In broad terms they are:
Import the services of an existing
provider, Developaはalpr句ram;or
Partner with an established
accreditation organisation to fast
track the development of a local
program.
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ACHS is actively engaged in each of
these options. The choice is very much
one to be based on local circumstances and would involve consideration of
issues, such as what the objectives are
for such a program, cost and benefits,
cultural alignment, nature of the local
health system (size, complexity, activity levels etc.).
Internationally ACHS is working
primarily in our region of the world
including, Hong Kong, Macau, South
Korea, the Middle East. India and Sri
Lanka. Our standards are also us凶
under a license arrangement in New
Zealand. In colla凶 rationwith the Hong
Kong Hospital Authority in May 2009 a
pilot scheme for the establishment of a
local program was b句un.Initially, the tasks were to work with a small group of
hospitals: in guiding and assisting them
to undertake a self-assessment process
and to ascertain their readiness for
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accreditation assessment using ACHS
standards (the standards used had to be accredited by the International Society lor
Quality in Health Care): to adapt ACHS standards lor use in Hong Kong and
to gain ISQua accreditation lor those
standards: to undertake accreditation
surveys 01 three 01 the initial group 01
hospitals: to train surveyors Irom Hong
Kong and to provide a model lor luture collaboration. Since Ihe commencement
01 the contract the requirements have
been substantially expanded to include
more public hospitals. training 01 more surveyors. Hong Kong surveyors gaining
experience by participating in surveys in
Auslralia and the conducl 01 additional
educational programs • including master classes on quality and accreditation for
senior executives Irom凶ththe public
and private sectors. The enthusiasm 01
staff and the commitment 01 industry leaders have resulled in rapid pr句 ress
that has exceeded the project plan. This rate 01 progress is directly altributable to
Ihe decision to build on an existing model rather than slart alresh.
The Hong Kong project was
also externally evaluated bya team
commissioned lrom the Hong Kong Chinese University. The external
evaluation has reported very positively on
the outcomes achieved to date. One 01 the most pleasing leatures
to have emerged Irom Ihis project was
the decision by most 01 the private
hospitals in Hong Kong to join the projecl
and pa吋ic刷tein the accreditation prl句 ram.The Hong Kong Privale
Hospitals Association has been a key supporter 01 this development. Also. the
Association now has representation on
key committees established 10 oversighl
the project. The collaboration between
the public and private sectors has broken
new ground and is regarded as an
important additional success lactor.
ACHS has gained a lurther contract
to extend the development 01 the local
program. This next phase should see the
emergence 01 an independent and robust
Hong Kong health service accreditation
program. with its own set 01 standards
that rellect the policy and service rriorit1es 01 the broader Hong Kong
health industry.
In summary, you can see there are a variety 01 ways to progress an
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accreditation program locused on
achieving high quality performance
outcomes lor a health system.. ...the陀
are choices.
8rian Johnston Chiel Execulive
The Auslralian Council on Heallhcare Slandards
1 , Mlchael D. Horowitz. Jeffrey A. Rosen抑制g.and Chnslopher A Jones. Medical Tourism: Globahzallon 01 the Healthcare Marketplace. M凶GenMed.2∞7; 9(4): 33. Published online 2∞7 November 13 PMCID: PMC2234298
2. Inlemalional Society lor Ouality in Heallh care (l50ua). The ISOua su問的。rIr制ningslandards prog悶mme.Dublin. IRL; ISOua; 2009
3. Shaw el al. Suslalnable heallhcare accredilallon: messages lrom Euro関 in2∞9Inl J Oual Heallh Care 2010: 22:341・350
4. The Auslralian Council on Healthcare Slandards (ACHSJ. The ACHS EQulP5 Guide: Sydney Austral岨:ACHS; 2010
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“HOSPITAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT" Korea Case in WarTerrorism
By: Dr. Kwang Tae Kim
Study Group Member, AHF
1. Background and Overview H:凶凶istorica討tα凶仰向吋叫iに防凶c悶ωa創lIy…a加nhas出e伺nknown and under
tense surveillance a舗thomeand abroad that Korean peninsula has
been divid凶 intoSouth and No巾 smce
1945 immediately after World War 11 and
through the Korean War in 1950-53 in
precarious military confrontation over the armistice line along the Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ)出tweenthe Republic of
Korea (ROK-South) and the North Korean
Regime (DPRK-North Korea).
There have出enthousands of
violations of Armistice Agreements that
have taken the form of military terrors
and atlackes, labelled as 1∞al armed hostilities and terrorist actions over印
years since the Korean war.
To name a few conspicuous incidents
of military terror atlacks, an ax-wielding
killing of American soldiers was occurred
by North Korean armed atlacks, that
brought about worldwide protests and
shocks throughout the world in 1970's.
And the downing of a commercial South
Korean airliner by NK-planted bombing
in flight, was executed, killing 113 south
Korean civilians aboard the jetliner over
the Bangkok air space in 1987.
Most recently, international expeバinvestigation teams have concluded that
there was a tor問doexplosives atlacking
of a south Korean Navy Ship apparently
engm田 r凶 andsunk by the No巾
Korean Naval terrorist infiltrators in May
2010. This was followed on 23 November 2010, by massive NK-artillery fires凶 ng
unleashed against rural villages in Yeonpyeong-do Island, killing 2 soldiers
and 2 civilians and many residents injurl凶 inthe western seashore areas of
Korean peninsula, bordering between
South and North Korean naval military
installations.
Besides, there have been many assassination terror schemes and
atlempts being exposed to be abortive
against some NoバhKorean defeclors
residing in South Korea.
It should be noted, on the other hand,
that in Korea there have been no conflicts
or incidents involving ethnic or religious
unrest and hostility aclivities so far, with no symptoms or traits of relevant terror
aclivities monitored in Korea.
11. Disaster and Emergency
Management Precticed in Korean
Hospitals
a) Government Disaster
Preparedness System installs
the "Central Disasler Committee, under which 5 divisions of
mission are organized for
operation, including Civic
Defense, Disaster Relief, Disasler
Preparedness, Agriculture and
Fishery and Nuclear Radiation,
with field-supports of 制限吋
group, relat凶 companies,NGO
volunteers. fire department. Police and Army Units目
b) Resources for Emergency
Management System include
Prevention and Education. Emergency Medical Information
Center, Emergency Patients,
Emergency Medical Institution, Emergency Medical Technicians
and Transport Corporation.
c) As to the characteristics of disaster in Korea, with no large
terror event. continuous threat by
North Korea is ever-present in all
as問ctsof daily livings in Korea.
d) We can enumerate some
problems in coping with
emergency management in this
country, namely, 1) how to control confusion and disarrangement at
the scene for orderly disposition
and solutions, 2) few actual
triage available to be sorted out,
3) failure in medical suppoバsystem, 4) victim identification
system not working well and町lack of efficient disaster trans閃rt
system.
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Consequently. where hospital does fit. requirements for operating hospital
incident command system and continuity
of hospital operation are to be maintained effectively. with intervention of relevant
Government Ministry and or National
Hospital Ass∞iation for a central control
apparatus.
111. Government 5upports and
Oonations
In order to cope with the situation
where medical and related services to
look after the needs of patients during the
extreme conditions when infrastructure
and resources are challenged in Korea, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has
maintained effective sets of emergency
measures to take care of any urgent
contingencies. Ambulance. helicopter
and other relevant mobility伺uipments
for all hospitals and related healthcare
institutions are to回 requisitionedlocally
and nationally when needed.
In principle. the cost and expenses
being accrued are to be borne by the
government emergency fund, volunteer services and civilian relief donations.
IV. Air Orill and Evacuation Program
It is rather unique in Korea that the
monthly air drill and
civilian evacuation trainings to cope with
the imaginary and
probable air, nuclear and other terror
actions and hostile
altacks have been
conducted nationally
in the last 60 years
since the Korean
War Armistice
in 1953. General public as well as
hospitals and other
relevant institutions
have been under
close training pr,句ramsagainst the
armed provocations in and Korea. In
brief, it can be safely assumed that the general publics together with healthcare
populations are accustomed to
emergency duty call against any altackes.
under which all hospital and healthcare
organizations are closely guided to
provide rescue and relief services under
contingency situations. This covers personnel mobility and as well as
logistics and financial suppo巾 needed.
aside from ardent volunteers being
rush凶 tothe troubled scenes.
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V. Conclusion
It is emphasized that hospitals
-public. private. university and military.
level alike-are linked under official Government designation networks.刊is
interlock obligates emergency institutions
to be mobilized when national or local
crisis of healthcare nature requires
emergent services, in particular arising
from military or likewise terrorists altacks
being n句istered.
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The Great East Japan Earthquake Japan Hospital Association
By: Tsuneo Sakai川D,MS
F伽…純閃…sthe Great East Japan Earthquake
struck Japan on March 11. 2011. Although we have tried our best to
support the affected areas p四 pleand
hospitals in these a陀asare still suffering
from various calamities and these include
damage from the earthquake, tsunami,
nuclear incident. harmful rumors, and manmade disaster.
Japan Hospital Association (JHA) has
deployed a fair amount of manpower and
materials into the affected areas in the
acute stage with relatively good response
We also tried to establish support system
using information technologies. However
we also faced with certain difficulties in
supporting sufficiently and efficiently.
These include di仔icultyobtaining and
sharing accurate and timely information,
difficulty identifying who is in charge or to
whom we should get contact with before
making any decision. Many government
and non-government organizations were
involved and we found out that there were
lack of sufficient communication and
cooperation among them.
In the long-term support phase
we have decided to establish a new
medical support system based on our
experience. We are trying to organize
all-Japan support system asking many organizations to join us.ηle mainaim
of this system is to get all the necessary information, then陀 newand share the
information efficiently. We divide Japan
in 8 to 9 districts and have district centers which can function as the control tower
whenever necessary. We would not
knowwhich part of Japan will face any
kind of disaster. So we should prepare
forany paバofJapan could function as
the control tower in case of disasterιBy
integrating information from the affected
areas and from the non-affected areas, wecan makee行icientlogistic plans. The
key concept would be information loaded
GIS (geographic information system). We
can obtain virtual image of suppoバIngschema.
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Advancements in Cardiac Technologies
@ Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara
-,圃守1eheart is akin to the engine in the
i加dyof a car. No matter how sleek
I and shiny your Ferrari or Mercedes
l∞ks on the outside, it all 9叩 sto naught if the engine is not functioning at peak performance.
As the most hardworking organ in the 加dy,the heart pumps blood at the rate
of 60 to 1∞times per minute, 24 hours a
day. Medical conditions, lifestyle factors
and inf配 tionsmay aft配 theaバfunction,
making the heart beat faster, slower or
irregularly. This results in various forms of heart disease, which may or may not
display symptoms.
In the past. patients often sought
treatment only when their symptoms
同camedistressing, such as when
the heart muscle became too weak or damaged. With increasingly advanced
modalities in cardiac treatment, patients
can discover problems early and take
the necessary interventional steps before
severe damage occurs.
.What's more exciting is the
availability of non-invasive cardiac
technologies for diagnosis and
treatment: says Dr. Annuar Rapaee,
Consultant Cardiologist at SDMC Ara
Damansara, a centre of excellence for
brain, heart, spine and joint treatments.
Clinical imaging, in particular, has
come a long way since the invention of the X-ray. T,凶ay,cardiologisls can
employa multitude of cardiac imaging
techniques that are painless and produce
results that are fast and accurate.
“The results provide us with accurate
insights into a patient's heart, picking
up even small, easily missed problems
that were previously overlooked due
to limitations in the technology. The
comprehensive assessments help to
reduce healthcare costs in the long-run, with more accurate results and targeted
treatment," explains DrιAnnuar, who
specializes in cardiac imaging.
Basically there are four main options
for cardiac imaging, each with di行ering
features:
1) ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
PROS: It is an easily available and
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affordable procedure that looks at the
heart's valves and function. The device
is relatively small and portable, which
means that it can be brought to the
patient's side if necessary. CONS: The screening procedure is
operator and patient.dependant; hence
itwill n問 uirewell.train凶 radiologists
such as those at SDMC Ara Damansara
Results may be compromised in patients
with excessive body fat or who are obese.
The procedure is unable to screen the
anatomy of the coronary artery and is limited to heart and valve function白
TIME: 30 to 45 minutes (15 minutes
for preparation; 20 to 30 minutes for the
procedure).
PREPARATION: No preparation
required.
2) COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (Cn CORONARY
PROS: This is a relatively new, fast and painless procedure that has seen increased usage in the last five years due
to its highly accurate reading. It is up to
99 percent accurate.刊 issignificantly
reduces the possibility of missing a
blockage in the coronary aバeriesand also calcium deposits which precede
artherosclerosis (plaque accumulation).
CONS: The patient is exposed to radiation when a dye is inject凶 intothe
patient's blood stream to form a contrast
for the readings. The dye can potentially
causeseve陀 kidneydamage or failure if
Asian Hωpital F…?13;;金the patient has
existing renal dysfunction. The
procedure is also unable to pick up wall
motion abnormalities, valve function,
ventricular function and myocardial
pe巾sion(bl∞d supply to the heart).
TIME: 30 minutes (15 minutes
for preparation, 15 minutes for the
procedure).
PREPARATION: A renal function
test is taken beforehand to assess the
patient's suitability for this procedure.
Fasting (no food and drink) is r問uired
four hours before. On the day of the
procedure, medication to slow down the hea片岡atis taken.
3) NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
PROS: This procedure involves using
radioactive isotopes to fom contrast, followed bya scan, much like the CT.
CONS: The results a陀 notas prec除eand clear compared to other cardiac
imaging proc凶ures.The radioactive
elements put patients at risk of other
conditions; hence the procedure is slowly 凶 ngphased out with the advent of safer
alternatives.
TIME: 45 minutes (15 minutes
for preparation, 30 minutes for the procedure).
PREPARATION: Fasting (no food and
drink) is required four hours before.
4) CARDIAC MRI
PROS: This is considered to be the
gold standard in cardiac imaging for its
comprehensive results. The doctor can
assess a wide range of heart functions,
ranging from the anatomy and function
of the ventricular system and heart
valves to myocardial perfusion, ischemia (lack of oxygen), periocardial disease
(membranes surrounding the heart) and others. The safety profile of MRls is better
as it does not utilise any form of radiation,
hence it is highly recommended for
children suspected of having congenital
heaパdisease.CONS: Higher cost but the results
are more comprehensive. The contrast
used, although non.ionising, may cause
generalis凶 fibrosisif the patient has
existing kidney dysfunction or chronic
renal failure. The procedure is only
offered byestablished medical centres
such as SDMC Ara Damansara, as
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practitioners need to undergo intensive traini ng of up to six months in order to
provide this service. Furthermore, patients
on pacemakers or Automated Implanted
Cardio Defribillators, or who havc any
implants in the brain or joints, are
contraindicated for this procedure.
TIME: One hour (15 minutes for preparation and 45 minutes forthe
procedure).
PREPARATION: No p陀 parationrequired.
HOPE FOR LlTTLE HEARTS
With more babies being delivered
every year, cases of congenital heart
disease will rise in tandem, says
Dr. Hamdan Leman, Consultant
Cardiothoracic and Congenital Cardiac
Surgeon at SDMC Subang Jaya and
SDMC Ara Damansara. It's a numbers game: eight to 10 children in 1∞Owill get
some form of congenital heart diseaseφ
A seasoned surgeon, who trained for many years as one of the few congenital
heart surgeons in the country, Dr.
Hamdan understands well the extreme
anxiety that parents of babies diagnosed
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with heart disease experience.
"T reating children with heart disease
requires a difterent approach compared
to adults," he explains. '1here's the need
to deal with parents' emotions, especially
when we try to explain the limitations of
certain treatments for their child陀 n."
The anxiety is not misplaced, as the
options for survival can be quite limited
in certain extreme cases. Unlike adults,
children may need multiple surgeries to correct a heart condition. Out of the 150 to 2∞types of congenital heart diseases
in existence, there is a small number of
complex congenital heart malformations
that can end up in poor quality of life and
a lifespan that lasts only until the teens or
twenties despite treatment. “It's a difficult choice for parents,
hence we need to counsel them
extensively right at the beginning after
diagnosis," Dr. Hamdan stresses. The
only factor that has kept this surgeon
passionately soldiering on in this highly
charged field is the ability to turn a
certain total loss or desperate situation
into a total cure.
"1 imagine a hear! malformation like
an engine that was built wrong. AII it
needs is the touch of a surgeon to correct
it into a normal working engine again to
sustain life," remarks the doctor who had
his fair share of action with the National
Heart Institute for more than 10 years. After that stint, Dr. Hamdan went abroad
to share his expertise for five years before
returning home to ofter his services to the
nation once again.
The idea of creating miracles is truly
rewarding. "We are always discovering
new things in cardiology. Being able to
repair babies' hearts safely in this current era is truly a gift of life in the medical
sense," he states humbly.
This has only been achieved recently,
with tremendous advancements in
cardiology and cardiac surgery that make
it possible for children with congenital heart disease to have their ailments
detected and treated early. The chances
of survival and cure are much better now.
Backed by an experienced
team comprising cardiac surgeons,
cardiologists, radiologists, intensivists,
paediatricians, paediatric cardiologists and many others, the staft at SDMC Ara
Damansara's Heart Centre a陀 readyto
undertake all types of heaバsurgenes.
As children require more astute
intensive care following heart surgery, the
HeaバCentrehas made sure that all the
necessary facilities are in place so that
their little hearts continue to beat strong
For more information on
Sime Darby Medical Centre's, log on to
www.simedarbyhealthcare.com
As川 ω山
(T es!imonial)
Vou helped my baby's heart, and mine, beat strong again
VIRYANTI and FELlCE CHOLIN, mother and daugh!er
My baby was born with a life threatening congenital problem, known as Tracheo・EsophagealFistula (TEの• In Sumatra, Indonesia where we are
from, it's not easy finding doctors who specialize的 treatingthese types
of complicated medical conditions so we decided to travel to Malaysia for treatment.
I decided to go to Sime Darby Medical Centre because the hospital is
well known的 mycity and they have an excellent reputation for treating
difficult cases, Iike ours. I knew we made the right decision choosing Sime Darby Medical
Centre, because instead of one doctor looking after Felice we had a team
of specialists, who also found and treated a problem with her heart.
I can't say this was an easy time for either of us, but the care and the commitment of the doctors and nursing staff were beyond anything we could have expected. I am happy to report Felice is doing well and
improving by the day... and so is her mother.
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Accreditation for Quality Improvement i n Health Care
By:
AR Abdul Aziz, MB Nishazini
KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital,
Malaysia.
INTRODUCTION:
KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital
is a private hospital in Malaysia.This hospital国longto KPJ Healthcare
Berhad, the biggest private healthca陀
providers in Malaysia. KPJ Healthcare
Berhad currently had 21 hospitals in
Malaysia and 2 hospitals in Indonesia.
KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital was
134回ddedhospital excluding 3出dded
Cardiac Care Unit, 4国dd凶 Intensive
Care Unit, 4国dd凶 HighDe問ndent
Care Unit and 7 bedded trauma and
observation bayat the Emergency
Services and it staパedbusiness in
January 2005. In year 2006. it has been
ce代ifi凶 withIS09∞1 :2000 certification
and recertified during the transition audit
of IS09∞1 :2008 in year 20ωby Moody
International. To further enhance the
quality and patient safety. in July 2∞9, it
has been awarded with 3 years Hospital
Accrl凶 itationby Malaysian Society For
Quality in Health(MSQH), a certification
body for hospital accreditation in
Malaysia. MSQH is a member of
International Society For Quality in Health
(ISQUA)
Objectives of the study:
• To monitor how certification by
external bodies will enable the
organization to inc時asethe quality
of the services provided to our
customers.
. This study will enable the management to monitor the quality or
services provided
• Using indicators and benchmarking
will tacilitate the organization to
measure level of compliance to
the clinical standards to ensure
the services provided are safe and
following international standards
. The monitor how the external
certification enhance staff education.
LlTERATURE REVIEW:
Robe吋M.Pirsig 1928・,American
philosopher, defined・Quality
improvement' is a term that summarises
a whole range of approaches used by
industry and business to improve the
quality of services and products. A
number of quality improvement tools
and techniques are used in Clinical
Governance to influence changes in
patient care. The operation of these systems and processes will be influenced
by the organisational culture and quality
improvement methods adopted in your
workplace.
There is no straightforward definition
of quality in healthcare. There are a
variety of views on its meaning and
some debate as to whether quality has
to国 measurable.The World Health
Organisation (WHO) suggests: Quality
is a process of meeting the needs and
expectations of patients and health
service staff例H02∞0).Quality is
the d句reeto which ca陀 services
influence the probabi1 ity of optimal
patient outcome. (American Medical
Association. 1991) Gronr,∞s(1984) suggest凶 thatquality in
healthcare had two distinct components:
• Functional quality: howa patient
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receives a service (1,∞d quality, access
to care)
• Technical quality: the quality of the
delivery of ca陀 (competenceand
outcome)
Other delinitions 01 quality in health care include its relationship to public
perceptions 01 trust in those who deliver care and the appropriate use of
resources.
Patient問rceptionsof quality in
healthcare also inlluence the public
expectations and confidence placed in
the NHS. Clinical errors, patient su行ering
and hospital closures always attract
mediaa社entionwhile development of
new services, changes to treatments and
good news stories are hard to publicise. ・Trendsof patients' experiences of the NHS・(ThePicker Institute 2∞5) identifies eight dimensions of patient-
centred care:
Fast access to reliable health advice
Etfective treatment delivered by
trusted professionals
• Clear, comprehensible information and suppo内forself-care
• Involvement in decisions and respect
for patient preferences
• Attention to physical and
environmental needs
Emotional support, empathy and
res問ctInvolvement of, and support for, family
and carers
Continuity 01 care and sm∞th
transitions.
In their simplicity these eight
dimensions underline the need to co・
ordinate the work required to improve the
quality of every patient experience
Crossing the Quality Chasm (Institute
of Medicine 2001) pro問 sesan agenda for
improving the quality 01 health care made up of six components:
Safe: avoiding injuries to patients from
the care that is intended to help them Effective: providing services based
on scientific knowl凶geto all those
whocould回nefitand refraining from
providing services to those not likely to
benefit (avoiding underuse and overuse,
Asian Hospit向的11ぷ金res問ctivelyPatient-centred: providing care that is res問ctfulof and responsive to individual
patient preferences, needs, and values
and ensuring that patient values guide all
clinical decisions
Timely: reducing waits and sometimes
harmful delays for bother those who
receive and those who give care
Efficient: avoiding waste, including waste
of equipment, supplies, ideas and energy Equitable: providing care that does
not vary in quality because of personal
characteristics such as gender, ethnicity,
ge句 raphiclocation and s∞io.economic
status.
Quality measurement:
A quality measure is information
from a patient's record or an 0問 rational
process that is converted into a rate,
pe陀entageor time that shows how well
providers are taking care of their patients.
Quality measures give you information
about how well providers care for
some, but not all of their patients. Most
quality measures have been designed to
measure evidence based care. Patient who should not get the recommended
care treatments are not counted in the
measures
Quality measurement is a relatively
new science and requires a large amount
of resou陀esto develop and collect
the information. Fully developed and
test凶 measuresare only available for
reporting on some 01 the most common conditions or processes of care. Over the past few years, an increased interest in this science has occurred which may
increase the rate of quality measurement
development and reporting overtime. But
there is some quality inlormation you can use right now to help you compare your
health care choices. Many public and
private groups are working to improve
and expand health care quality measures. 刊 egoal is to make these measures
more reliable, uniform, and helpful
to consumers in making health care
choices.
Research has shown that science-
based measures can be us凶 toassess quality for various conditions and for
specific types of care. For example,
quality health care is:
• Doing the right thing (getting the
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health care services you need). • At the right time (when you need
them).
• In the right way (using the appropriate
test or procedure).
• To achieve the best possible results.
Providing quality health care also
means striking the right balance of
services by:
• Avoiding underuse (for example, not screening a person for high blood
pressure).
• Avoiding overuse (for example,
performing tests that a patient doesn't
need). • Eliminating misuse (for example,
providing medications that may have
dangerous interactions). Awell-understood and well
implemented system helps all functions
within the process to understand their
responsibility for meeting customer
needs, and appreciate their position in
the overall process for doing so.
Facilitates continuous improvement. There is a direct requirement that
the quality management system be
continually improved The requirements
are saturated with admonitions to
monitor, review, and improve the
subprocesses of the quality system. The
preventive and corrective action activities
required by the Standard enlist alllevels
and functions in the effort to prevent
quality problems and quickly mitigate
those that do occur.
Creates consistency throughout the organization.
It establishes and enforces consistent
working methods and quality controls
throughout the organization. This can be
RESULTS and analysis
Table 1: The result of various indicators for year 2008 and 2009 compared to the standard
lndi<.岡田Ycar 2008 (avc",gc)
Ycar 2∞9 (avc",gc)
SI4ncbrd
型担L詑 ZLOS > S days aftcr ele<:tivc 曲目首相n抵抗由自
<1% 0.47% 0"-70
Unpl岨酎d ad皿is:sion 加 。lCU wilhin 24 h刷11$ of S町11.叩
Rat. ofWhit. Appendix S・20% 23% 12%
75% 95%
mls 町1In
60 30 40 30 75 62
% of My民 ardi.l >7M‘ Infarction p:1lien回聞耳iving 羽田mbo切1<
B.nehmarking
‘‘, ii
Waiting time admiss由nWaiting lime ror discharge ∞mpl副ntsr官。同ed
mlO
30 54 137
CliniCAli皿 idenlS 3.7% 0.3% 0.2% Non-Clini阻 11眠 idents 16% 0.4% 0.2%
Human Capi岨1Dcvelopment 21 34 Diplom .. POSI B坦 icTrnInin島 BftChelordegree 創叫M回怯r De製~
Und.rslandi明。fl.bel 40% 32%
lncm目tive伺 mmun!catl側 30% 29%
especially impoバantin larger,multisite organizations whose facilities are major
suppliers to each other.
Strengthens relationships between
your organization , its suppliers and
customers, and among suppliers/
customers within your organization.
Provides confidence to customers in
the capability of your organization
to
meet quality commitments. This benefit is
much stronger when the quality system is
registered.
Improves management decision
making. Internal audits, management reviews, analysis of organization-Ievel data, and effective document and data
control are four strong pillars of ISO 90∞ which provide management with the
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inlelligence il needs 10 make Ihe righl
moves目
Institutionalizes training in methods
and procedures essential to quality.
Reduces dependence upon individuals.
People are vilal 10 Quality.bul people also
come and go. The levels 01 procedural
development.documenlation. record-keeping. and training required byan
ISO 9000 quality system assu陀 Ihat
lechniques and skills will carry on even when performed by different individuals.
Impact of accreditation to hospital
Shortell et al. argu凶 thatQuality
improvement implementalion leads to
greater perceiv凶 patientoutcomes.
Pomey et al. assessed organizational
changes after accredilalion in France and
argued Ihat accreditalion can promote
quality improvement implemenlation
in hospitals Ihus leading 10 better
outcomes.
Changes in professional practice
Sludy by Sekimoto et al. (2∞8) suggests that accreditation has an
impact on the introduclion 01 infection
control pr,句rammesand development
of infection control practice in Japanese
hospitals.
Another study by 0・Aunnoel al (2002) which suggesls a relalionship
belween accreditalion by the Joinl
Commission on Accredilalion 01 Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and
compliance wilh melhadone doses
prescribed in methadone mainlenance
programmes in Ihe Uniled Slates.
Managerial changes (organisational
and cultural changes)
Sludy conducled by Pomey el al. (2010) on organisalional and cultural
changes (strenglhening 01 Ihe working
leam, team working. place 01 service users. elc) relaled to the inlroduclion of
a hospital accreditalion pr叩rammein
Canada. Impacl on heallh care outcomes:
clinical results σsludies) andlor palienl
and user satisfaclion (4 studies).
Sludy by Menachemi et al. (2∞8)
on Ihe ass∞iation国加問nJCAHO
accredltation and health care outcomes (hospital readmissions) of patients
trealed in ambulatory surgical centres in
Ihe Uniled States.
METHODOLOGY
A retrospective sludy was conducted
from January to December 2008 before Ihe accredilalion of the hospilal
compared 10 January 10 December 2009 after the accreditation activilies. Even
though the hospital was accredited in
July 2009, the compliance to the standard
slarted from January 2009.The data
collected were as lollows:
Asian H叩 wd献金
For Patient Safety Indicators:
1. Percenlage of patients with lenglh of
hospital stay > 5 days after eleclive
caesarean section.
2. Unplanned admission 10 the inlensive
ca陀 unitwithin 24 hours of surgery.
3. Rate 01 White Appendix
4. Percenlage of Myocardial Infarction
patients receiving Thrombolytic
therapy within 1 hour of their
presentation at the Emergency
department. 5. Benchmarking indicators i. Waiting time & number of complaints ii. Clinical and Non Clinicallncidents
iii. Result of external audit/ surveyed findings
iv. Staff development and recruitment. v. Quality Improvement Aclivilies
vi. Medication Diabetic card and sticker
for prevenling medicalion errors
DISCUSSION
Refer to table 1. we can conclude that
the Patient Safety Indicators (PSls) are
a set of indicators providing informalion
on potential in hospital complicalions
and adverse events following surgeries.
procedures. and childbirth. The PSls
were developed after a comprehensive
literalure review, analysis 01 ICD-9-CM
codes. review by a clinician panel.
implementation of risk adjustmenl. and empirical analyses.
刊ePSls can be used 10 help
hospitals identify問tentialadverse events
that might need further study; provide
theop問rtunity10 assess the incidence
of adverse events and in hospital complications using administrative data
found in the typical discharge record;
include indicators for complications
occurring in hospital that may represenl
patient safety events; and, indicators
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also have area level analogs designed to
detect patient safety events on a regional
level.
Many studies now demonstrate
that patient safety is an international
problem. For example, large studies in the
United States, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom have
all identified high rates 01 adverse events, and smaller studies in many other
countries have found important safety
Issues.
In KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital,
for patient safety, four indicators were monitored and the comparison was made
同制田nyear2∞9withyear2∞8. It was
found that for year 2∞8 the rate 01 Length of Stay (LOS) > 5 days after elective
caesarean section was 0.47% and 0% in
year 2009. Both data a陀 bettercom pared
to the standard of < 1 %.
Based on the study conducted by
Stytt Sjukrahuslega, in the Icelandic Medical Journal, 2011 it was found that Median hospital stay decreased
significantly from 81 to 52 hours between
2∞7 and 2008-9. Readmissions were four
in each period and outpatient visit rates similar. In 2008-9, 66% of all women we陀
discharged within 48 hours白 Womenin
the fast-track pr句 ramwere satisfied with
early discharge. Most healthy women can
be discharged early after singleton birth
by elective caesarean, without increasing
readmissions.
Unplan admission to ICU were higher
for both years of 2008 and 2009 in KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital compared
to the standard of zero. Unplanned post-
anaesthetic and surgical admissions
to the intensive care unit (ICU) can
provide an insight into the standard of
問「トoperativemanagement in operating
theatres and ICU resource management,
including quality of anaesthetic care.
For KPJ Seremban, even though
the rate of ICU admission was higher
compared to the standard, most
cases were post surgery admitted by
anaesthetist lor intensive monitoring of
post surgery patients. However the rate of
2009 was lower compared to 2008
Rate of White Appendix was higher than
the standard (5・20%)for year 2008 but it
had dropped significantly for year 2009
after the implementation of Accreditation
with recorded rate of only 12% which is
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within the standard rate.
Under pathological conditions, a
thrombus can propagate into otherwise
normal vessels. A thrombus that has
propagated where it is not needed
can obstruct flow in critical vessels.
It can also obliterate valves and other
structures that are essential to normal hemodynamic function. The principal
clinical syndromes that result are acute myocardial infarction (AMI), deepvein
thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, acute
ischemic stroke, acute peripheral arterial
occlusion, and occlusion of indwelling
catheters. Therefore during acute Myocardiallnfarction it is very important
to administer Thrombolytic therapy within
1 hou r of the onset. The standard rate for percentage of
Myocardiallnfarction patients r配 eiVIng
Thrombolytic therapy within 1 hour at the
emergency department was > 70% .From the data collected in KPJ Seremban, it
was found that for the year 2008 the rate
was 75% and it was higher in year 20ω
with the rate of 95% in year 2009 after the
implementation of Accreditation.
More and more hospitals are finding
that significant increases in patient
satisfaction are an added benefit that
results from improving patient flow and
bed management performance. When a
hospital establishes a solid foundation
of effective patient flow processes and
suppoバingtools, satislaction with the overall care experience is enhanced.
Given that consumers have more choice
of where to receive services and are
usi ng data that are now widely avai lable
to infcrm their health care decisions, it is
imperative that hospitals address patient
satisfaction issues. And once a patient receives care, satisfaction plays a role in
how likely he or she is to recommend a
lacility to others. Even high-performing
Organizations struggle to improve Patient
Satisfaction
For several years the Hospital
of the University 01 Pennsylvania
(HUP), a member of the University of
Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS)
in Philadelphia, had not seen overall improvement in its patient satisfaction
ratings. The organization 1∞used on
S問cificconcems, such as improving
patient flow from the Emergency Department (ED) into the hospital, but
did not address patient flow and bed
management as a hospital-wide issue.
Then, in October 2005, HUP began to take
a comprehensive, end-to-end approach to improving patient flow.
The University Hospital (fUH) in
Cincinnati, Ohio, a member of the Health
Alliance, had not achieved its patient
satisfaction goals for the three years
prior to undertaking a comprehensive
patient flow performance improvement
initiative in June 2006目Thehospital had established a committee to review patient
satisfaction scores and outline activities
to support improvement. However,
the committee lacked meaningful data
and analyses that could help pin問intopportunities and assist in developing
action plans for increasing patient
satisfaction.
刊eChildren's Hospital-DenverσCH)
回gana comprehensive patient flow
improvement effort in April 2007. For two
years priorto the initiative TCH had seen
a steady decline in its Press Ganey patient
satisfaction scores. TCH attempts to
improve patient satislaction lir試 focused
on individual hospital departments taking
responsibility for their own satisfaction
scores. Then service excellence teams were develop凶 thatfocused on
areas such as the EO, inpatient units and surgical ca陀 .However, patient
satisfaction improvement efforts did not
link flow pn民 essesorganization.wide
or provide data necessary to monitor
performance. Therefore KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital had embarked on
benchmarking activities on admission
time ,discharge tlme and number of
complaints白 Thestandard for patient
admission was 30 minutes. However for
year2∞8 it was印 minutesbut loryear
2∞9 it was reduced to 30 minutes and
meeting the set standard. For discharge
the set standard was 54 minutes. In year2∞8 it was 40 minutes and much
be杖erin 2009 with only 30 minutes after
Accreditation being implemented.
育児complaintshad also improv凶
from 75 cases in 2∞8 to 62 cases in 2∞9.
80th were lower that the set standard 01 137 complaints. However for year 20ω, it
was better than year 2∞8.
Reasons for complaints:
行1emain reasons for complaints
were the p∞r attitude 01 the staff (15
cases in 2008, 12 cases in 2∞9), not giving enough information to patients
(30 cases in 2008, 25 cases in 20ω),
professionalism of staff and doctors (15
cases in 2008, 12 cases in 2009), delay
in getting treatment (10 cases in 2∞8,8
cases in 20ω), delay in admission and
discharges (5 cases in 2∞8and 5 cases
in 2∞9).
Patient complaints are indications
01 their dissatisfaction with the service r民抑制.With increasing patient
expectations, we need to address this
issue for a more satisfying relationship
between healthcare provider and user.
As a comparison, another study
was conducted by HC Lim et al, Why do
patient Complain which was published
in Singapore Medical Journal, was
found that, the main reasons why
patients in this study complained, were strikingly similar. Poor attitude/
conduct, unprofessional conduct,
mismanagement, poor communication
and long waiting time were common
causes of patients' unhappiness.
The Medical Defence Union reported
that breakdown in communication
between doctor and patient constitutes
a major component in complaints
and claims. In this study, the main
reasons for complaints were found to
be related to attitude/conduct (28.8%),
professional skills (17.8%), unmet patient
expectationS/requests (16.2%), waiting
time (10.0%) and communication (7.8%).
Awareness of these reasons for patient
dissatisfaction is n氏自saryas a 1げ5tstep
in the prevention and management of
complaints.
In this study, the top patient
complaint was relat凶 toattitude/
conduct. Patients seeking medical care
ex問ctto回 treatedby doctors and other
healthcare問 rsonnelwith kindness,
concern and empathy. With increasing
consumerism and the evolving medical
scene into a more customer.orientated service, patients not only expect good
medical care but also good service from
As剖ia伽O∞…nthe medical profession. Real or perceiv凶
poor attitudinal behaviourwould cause
dissatisfaction. Real conduct problems
should be n凶uc凶 toa minimum. It is
also important lor healthcare personnel
to portray a professional and caring
image so that patients do not misperceive
them as being rude and uncaring・
Healthcare personnel also need to match
their professional styles according to
different patients. A doctor's personal
style is not always appropriate for all
his patients and may sometimes be
misinterpreted as hostile even when it is
not. The second main reason for
complaints was related to professional
skills. The complaints were mainly of
cursory examination, incompetence and
inadequate explanation. Patients ex閃ct
doctors to be com問tentand skillful,
thorough in their clinical examination
and 10 provide adequate explanation
r句ardingpatients' illnesses. Competency
and good professional skills are basic
requirements expected of any healthcare
professional. With rapid advances in
medical science and technology and
with an increasingly well.inform凶
public, healthcare問rsonnelne剖 to
involve themselves in continuing medical
凶ucationand training to maintain
their prolessional skills and know恰dge.
Continuing educational and service
training for all cat句oriesof healthcare
personnel should be emphasised and
maintained. In a busy polyclinic with
a heavy workload, consultation tlme is
sometimes limited. Complaints about
cursory examination and inadequate
explanation are often the reflection of
short consultation time白 Measurestaken
to increase the consultation time would
also increase patient satisfaction and decrease complaints arising from a
rushed consultation.
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Dissalisfaclion also occurs when
there is a mismatch belween palients'
expectations or demands and medical services received or offered. These unmet expectations were found to be mostly
related to medical leave, medication or referral. 11 is crucial for healthcare
personnel to provide clear and adequale
explanation to address these unmet needs and expectations. In cases of
unrealistically high expectations, a
more tactful approach is necessary.
The informalion provided by the mass
media and the press may sometimes be
misinlerpreted by the public resulting
in unrealistic expectations. Healthcare
personnel and the mass media should
work together to provide appropriate
informalion to better inform and educate the public.
Waiting lime was found to be an
important cause of unhappiness. Waiting
to consult a d∞lor and r句islralion
accounted for the majorily of complaints
on waiting time. Patient load, staff
situation and flow of patients in the
問Iyclinicsare faclors Ihal would affecl
waiting time. Having an adequate staff
complement appropriate for the patient
load is important in reducing waiting
time. Continuing e行ortsat workflow improvement in the polyclinics would also
help increase efficiency.
Unnecessary comments and inadequate
explanation accounled for the majorily
of complaints under the category 01
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communications. Whilst it is necessary
to provide patients with adequate
information, healthcare providers
should at the same time avoid making
unnecessary remarks. Complaints often
follow a conflict situation. Good listening,
communication and n句otiationskills
are ne凶edto resolve these unpleasant
situations. These are skills that can be learnt and improved upon. Role playing
complaint siluations can help healthcare
personnel develop better strategies in the
management of such problems
From the data collected in KPJ
Seremban, it was found lhal for clinical incidences the percentages had reduced
from 0.2% in 2009 compared to 0.3% in 2008. Result for year 2009 was better
compared 10 2008国foreAccreditation
implementation. For both years it was
better compared to the standard of 3.7%
to 16%. The same trend can be seen in
non clinical incidences where 0.4 % was
record凶 in2∞8compared to only 0.2 in
2∞9. For continuous human capital
development, as part of the requirement
of hospital Accreditation the number of
sta行attendedtraining in KPJ Seremban
had improved from 21 in year 2008 to 34 in year 20叩.Corporations are
recognizing the importance of investing
in their employees now more than ever
before. Companies are beginning to
understand that to stay on top in the
glo回leconαny,theyn偲 dto place more and
more emphasis on developing and relaining
t同irPEヨople.Organizations that appreciate t同financialim問ctof their employ田soften
referto them as human capital. Derek Stockley (2008), who works
as a human resource trainer, defines human capital as“rec勾 nitionthat
people in organizations and businesses
are an important and essential asset who
contribute to development and gro叫 h,in a similar way to physical assets such
as machines and money. The collective
attitudes, skills and abilities of people
contribute to organizational performance
and productivily. Any expenditure in
training, development, health and suppoパis an investment, not just an expense." He
continues to say, .Competition is so fierce
and change is so fasl. that any
Competitive edge gained by the
introduction of new processes or
technology can岡山o件liv凶 if
competitors adopt the same technology. But to implement change, their people must have the same or betler skills and
abilities."
For the audit conducted for ISO 9001:
2008 compliance there was no non
conformance recorded in year 20ω.
The result of final survey for MSQH
Accreditation produced in July 2009
found that KPJ Seremban Specialist
Hospital complied to the standard set
by the accrediting加のandthe hospital
was awarded 3 years accreditation until
middle of 2012.
The figure on poor underslanding of
label was improved from 40% in 200810
32 % in 2009. Ineffective communication
had also being improved from 30% in
2008 to 29% in year 2009
CONCLUSION
Based on the data collected we can
see clearly how various clinical and
non clinical indicators, accreditation,
licensee and external assessment
process had improved quality services
for KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital.
The data produced by this study was
in line with the other literature reviews
conducted by many researches. After
the implementation of various external
assessment such as ISO 9001 :2008 and
MSQH hospital accreditation, we can see that for indicators related to patient
safety such as rate of Length of Stay>5
days after elective caesarean section
and percentage of Myocardial infarction
receiving Thrombolytic therapy within 1
hour at the emergency department were
better than 2∞8 and the standard after the implementation of the Accreditation.
Regarding the benchmarking indicators
the admission time ,discharge time and number of complaints had improved after
the implementation of Accreditation.
The complaints had also improved from
75 cases in 2008 to 62 cases in 2009
For both ISO 9001 : 2008 and MSQH
Accreditation, during the surveys that
were conducted, there was no non
conformance recorded and in year
2009 the hospital was awarded 3 years
accreditation until middle of 2012. 刊efigure on poor understanding of
label was improved from 40% in 2008 to 32 % in 2009. Ineffective communication
had also being improved from 30% in
2008 to 290/0 in year 2009
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Hj Abd Aziz Abd Rahman Chief Executive αficer (CEO)
Aged 56 years, Hj Abd Aziz Abd Rahman is The Chief
Executive Officer of KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital since February 2004 heading the commissioning team and officially
opening the Emergency services in November 2004
He graduated with a Master in Pharmacy. 1983 Irom
Institute Technology Bandung, Indonesia (ITB) , Post Graduate
Diploma In Medical Microbiology (lMR) 1990 Irom Institute 01 Medical Research Malaysia, Master Clinical Pharmacy (1992) lrom University Science
of Malaysia (USM) and Post Graduate Hospital and Heallh Managemenl, 1997 Irom Soulh Bank University of London and holds MBA in 2002 from Instilute of Business
and Management IBM GLOBAL Jakarta Indonesia in cooperalion with Washington
Internalional University. Currenlly he is pursuing PhD in Technology Management in Universili Malaysia Pahang.
He started his career as Pharmacist in Govemment hospital from 19邸ー1995
His careerwith KPJ Healthcare 8erhad commenced in 1995 as Chief Pharmacist
in KPJ Johor Specialisl Hospilal Irom 1995-1999 and promoted to Deputy General
Manager in PSH in 1999, General Manager in Rumah Sakit Selasih, Indonesia from 2000-2003. Now he is the CEO 01 KPJ Seremban since it's operational.
OCTOBER -DECEMBER 2012 21
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Asian Hospital Federa↑ion
AHF BOG Meeting 2012 圃 iuesday17 July2012・Kuala
I Lumpur, MAしA,YSIA.The Board
I of Governors of the Asian
Hospital Federation held its annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 17 July
2012. Participants included Dato'
Dr. Jacob Thomas (AHF PresidenV Board Chair), Dr. Ruben C. Flores (AHF
President日配t), Prof Dr Paul Dugdale
(Representative of The Australian
Healthcare &. Hospitals Association) ,
Dr Lo Su Vui (Representative of Hong Kong Hospital Authority), Dr Lawrence
Lai (Immediate Past Representative of Hong Kong Hospital Authority),
DR. Dr. Sutoto, MKes (President of Indonesia Hospital Association), Dr
Yoon Soo Klm (President of Korean
Hospital Assoclation), Dr Kwang Tae Kim (IHF President Designate), Dr BU C Castro (President of Philippines
Hospital Association), Dr YトHungChu
(Representative of Taiwan Hospital
Association). The meeting was hosted by the
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Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia during its 20th Annual
Conference and Exhibition from 17 to 19 July 2012 at Kuala Lumpur
Convention Center. The Board was also
invited to join the APHM conference
with the theme Re.Thinking, Re. Engaging, Retaining Human Capital,
Re-Inventing Leadership.
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Asian Hospital Federation
Accreditation:
The Philippine Experience
By: RUBEN C. FLORES, MD, MHA PHA-President
A~∞cr,悦ωr伶制e凶ω州仇山山di出蜘州i比陥制t匂凶a討tiゆ伽o∞n… standards and continuous quality improvement i陪s just beginning to take root in the Philippines' health
care system.
The passage of the National Health Insurance Act of
1995 saw the establishmenVcreation of the Philippine
Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC). Because PHIC as
per RA 9241, Article 1, Section 2 is mandated to promote
the improvement of quality through the institutionalization
of quality assurance at alllevels of the health care delivery
I syst…ccredi凶 nwas the neポstepThus in 2002, PHIC launched its Benchbook for national
application. The Benchbook standards were developed based on International standards, more particularly,
the ACHS and JCI standards for hospitals adopted to
the Philippine situation taklng into account the local
circumstances, laws and culture. This Benchbook was
perceived as a new way of incentivizing hospitals to adopt
quality improvement activities in order to be granted by
PhilHealth an accreditation status. Accreditation is linked
with PHIC reimbursement. This PhilHealth Benchbook aims to assess the other
aspects of hospital operation focusing on the pr∞ess and
outcome beyond mere structural standards compliance.
Specifically the Benchbook look atthe following areas:
1. Patient Rights and Organizational Ethics 2. Patient Care
3. Leadership and Management
4. Human Resource Management
5. Information Management
6. Safe Practice and Environment
7. Improving Performance
24 OCTOBER -DECEMBER 2012
HOSPITAL NEWS
This Benchbook was adopted as the new accreditation
standards for hospitals and was implemented in 2010. In its
first year of the PhilHealth Benchbook implementation. many
hospitals exerted efforts to comply with the standards and
the table below shows the percentage of achievement per
level:
| L州 01Accreditation I Num加~仰Is I Percentage
Center 01 Salety
Center 01 Quality
CenterolEx倒lence
γOTAL
1246
126
44
1416
87.銃尚
8.9ぴ*'
3.11%
1α渦
Based on the survey results, the following can be
concluded.
1. Benchbook compliance seems not a significant problem
among higher level hospitals (Lavado et al. 2010)
2. Some lower level hospitals experience hardship
in complying with the standards because of the
administrative and financial constraints.
3. Training and educational assistance should enable the
majority of hospitals to obtain accreditation in one to two years.
4. The impact of the Benchbook on improving health
outcomes has yet to be established.
The Philippines can be considered unique in a sense
because accreditation is being undertaken by a government
instrumentality.
To further institutionalize the national accreditation
initiatives. a body that will undertake the accreditation
of hospitals was espoused by the Department of Health.
Towards this end. a national multi-stakeholders consultation
meeting was conducted last June 10. 2011.
In this meeting. the Philippine Council for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (PCAHO) was
unanimouslyendorsed by the delegates to the Secretary of
Health to be designated as the National Accrediting body for
hospitals adopting the PhilHealth Benchbook standards as
the accreditation tool.
This new development would effect a shift on the task
of accreditation from being performed by government
(PHIC) to one that is carried out bya private entity thru a 3岨partyaccreditation scheme. PCAHO is actually a multi-
stakeholder organization dedicated to quality improvement
initiatives and accreditation and has been in existence for
almost thirteen (13) years now. PCAHO was borne out of
an ADB Funded Project -Strengthenmg of Licensing and Regulatlon of Hospitals. DOH. 1995・1997-that saw the
need for Accreditation of Hospitals for the improvement
of the Quality of hospital services.刊leDepartment 01 Health currently recognizes PCAHO as the National
Accredltlng Body for Accreditation of Health Facilities for
Medical Tourism and the CeバifyingBody for the QSS of
medical clinics of OFW and CDTL. PCAHO is currently an
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institutional member of the International Society for Quality
in Healthcare (ISQua) and an Associate member of the
ISQua Accreditation Federation (IA円.It is also a National
member of the Asian Society for Quality in Healthcare (ASQua) and a member of the Executive Board. It has been
invited to serve on the JCI Asian Pacific Advisory Council
The task ahead is Herculean. PCAHO has to gain the
credibility and acceptability in the hospital community by
establishing a track record for competence in accreditation
at parwith 1∞al and eventually international standards. It is to be hoped that with this new development.
accreditation in the country willleapfrog and thereby ensure safe. quality. and excellent health services to the Pilipino and
the global community.
OCTOBER -DECEMBER 2012 25
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Asian Hospital Federation
PURI CINERE HOSPITAL Lactation Clinic Child陀 nare Ihe lulu re generalions ...山P 即叩……a釘酌m叩nn判吋1附吋州n刊附川山…9ω仰仰山10伽削orlパt
and lough i比1is our responsibilily as parenls.
Slarting Irom Ihe psychological aspecls of malure
pregnancy 01 mom, balanced nutrition, and regular medical
examinations until the baby was born to be the main thing that
musl be considered.
When the baby is born, breast milk is best lood 10 be
supplied to meet the nutritional needs 01 infants and protect it
againsl possible infections. But still many 01 Ihe molher is nol
oplimal 10 give milk 10 Iheir babies lor various reasons.
Relerring 10 Ihe Indonesia Law -Health Law No. 36 of 2009
section 128 is Ihal Ihe adminislration 01 Molher's Milk (ASI) 10
Ihe righl 01 every baby and during breasl feeding Ihe lamily.
The purpose 01 Puri Cinere Hospital Lactation Clinic is
a place to gel information for pregnant women who want to
undersland more clearly aboul the benefils 01 breastfeeding I support of“10 Sleps 10 Successful Breastfeeding" are:
and how breaslleeding is good lor Ihe baby. Also 10 provide I 1. Have a written policy on breastfeeding
counseling and Ireatment for molhers who have breastfeeding I 2. Pro¥lide training lor officers
problem. I 3. Explain Ihe benelils 01 breastfeeding righl
Laclalion Clinic Services addressed 10 Puri Cinere I 4. Implemenling Early Inilialion 01 Suckling
Pregnanl and nursing molhers, Ihe role of Specialisl I 5. Demonslrale Ihe correcl breastfeeding lechnique Obsletrics and Gynecology Specialists Children are very high. I 6. Do not gi¥le lood or drink other than breastmillく
Mom -Mom is in a period 0128 weeks (ANC) can already be I 7. Implement rooming referred to the Lactalion Clinic as well as the mother -mother I 8_ Helping Molher breastfeeding baby as ollen as possible and
after delivery (posl partum) may perform counseling or joint I arbitrarily education classes held in Puri Cinere Hospital Lactation Clinic, I 9. Do not give your baby a pacifier or kempeng
Home care and Services_ I 10. Promoting Breastfeeding Support group
Supported by:
• Certified International Consultant
• National Certilied Counselors & experienced
• Facilities and equipment are appropriate and comfortable
• Time effective service_
• Strategic Clinic Locations
Puri Cinere Hospilal Lactation Clinic will pro¥lide services and
to meet Ihe criteria that have been issued by WHO / UNICEF in
Information
Clinical Lactation
PURI Cinere Hospital -FLOOR 4
JしMaribayaNo. 1・PuriCinere Depok 16514
Tel (+62-21) 7545488, Fax: (+62-21) 7545490
LlQUID MAGIC IS NAMED“milk" The presence of beloved凶byis the most awaited byall mothers.
Towards the day of 'H", all the equipment the child usually is ready, but if
you also have 10 pre問開f∞dlor the little guず?
are mixed using t.ωay・slechnology could not match the benelits 01 this
miraculous lood.
List Ihe benelils 01 breastfωding lor babies is being added every day
Research shows Ihal凶bieswhowe問 breastfedare同州cularlyprolecled
ASI (Air Susu Ibu/Breast Milk), THE MOST IMPORTANT I against respiraloryand digesti¥lesystemdiseases.刊紙 isbecause the
FOOD FOR BABIES I immune substances in brea討削除 providea direcl delense against disease.
Breast milk (ASI) is a malchless compound crealed by G凶 10lullill I Other propeバies01 breast milk also provides proleclion against the disease the nutritional needs 01 inlants and protect it against possible inlections. I is providing a hospitable environment lor bacteria 、rolilable"so-callω The balance of nutrients in breast milk is at its best and has the lorm 01 I 綱円ormallloraへThepresence 01 Ihese bacleria inhibit the growth 01 bacteria,
milk is best forthe baby's immature body. At the same time, breast 川 Ikis I vi叩sesand parasites. Mor,ωver, it has been demonstrated also that there
also very rich in food juices which accelerate the growth 01 brain cells and I are elemenls in breast milk Ihat can shape Ihe immune system againsl
the development 01 syslem-saral_Makanan artificial lood for infanls who 1 inlectious d除easesand help to work properly.
26 OCTOBER -DECEMBER 2012
HOSPITAL NEWS
Because il has除enmixed in a s問cialway, milk IS the most easily
digesled 10剖 yourbaby. Allhough very rich in nutrients, breasl milk is easily
digesled by Ihe baby's digestive system is vulnerable. Since the baby thus
ASiGnHopiblMerd税金Therelore, breastfeeding is the mosl powe巾lantib吋yaid lor ear1y
growth 01 the baby. Moreover because the milk turned oul to contain many
millions 01 white blo吋 cellsthat are useful to kill the凶dbac!eria in the gut
expends less energy on digestion, so that he can use that energy lor other I 01 inlants. Immune substances is truly am位 ing.Mothers immune 10 various
加dilylunctions, gr,仰Ihand 0吻andevelopment I diseases will be r凶uc凶 10Iheir inlants through breast milk. 1I there's
One 01 Ihe things that cause breast milk is nece鈴arylor the _ ~・.... a mother has antiは刈iesagainst live diseases, the凶bywillalω
d悦 lopmentoln制 bomsis the content 01 omega-3 oil alpha linoleic ‘v 、getthe same heritage.
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natural and閃rfectstore 01 om句a-3. 司、 剖lowingmothers to get inlormation about the nail on the benefits
01 breastfeeding, how to breastfeed, and 50 on
FACTS ABOUT ASI I 2. Asking the right to breastfeed EARLYTO GET SERVICE INITIATION
1I plays an important role on the health 01凶bieschange with the I during childbirth
stages through which the inlant and the ty問。1nutrients needed at I 3. Asking the right to NOT GIVE AN行HINGOTHER THAN INTAKE mllk to
ce巾 instages. The content 01 the milk change to meet the needs 01 this I the newborn
very special. ASI, which is always ready at all times and always at the ideal I 4. Asking the right to BABY DO NOTβSUEDSEPA臥JEIrom the mother
temperature, plays a major role in bram development because Ihe sugar I 5. Ch∞sing health care lacilities and health workers who run the 10 Sleps
and匂1it contains. In addition, elements such as calcium which has play凶 I to Successlul Breastfeeding
a major role in the development 01 baby's bones
AJthough it is called milk, this miraculous compound actually consists
mostly 01 water. This is the most impo巾ntfeature回causein addition to
以刈,回biesalωn関 dliquid in Ihe lorm 01附 ter刊 esitualion is really
clean and heallhy may not be established in water or loodstuffs olher than
mother's milk. However, breast milk. at least 9びlbwater., the baby's water
needs in Ihe most clean and healthy.
ASI AND INTELLlGENCE Scientilic research shαNS that cognitive development in inlants led
breast milk is better than other babies. A comparative analysis 01 b陪ast・f凶
inlants and lormula.led babies by James W. Anderson・anexpert Irom the
University 01 Kentucky. proving that 10 (intelligence)凶biesled breast milk
were5問 nlshigher Ihan other babies. Based on the results 01 this study
established that breast milk is given up to 6 months benelit the intelligence
01 inlants, and children who are breastfed are less than 8 weeks show no 10
benelit
On the flrst day alter birth, breast milk is very high nutrient content. AT
ほAST30 minutes or hall an hour alter bi巾,inlants should be breastfed.
At that time the mother pr,凶ucesmilk colostrum, early milk.colored or
yellowish and watery. Colostrum is rich in nutrients and antibodies thal
serve to prolect inlants Irom inlection. Colostrum will ap閃aragain 30 hours
laler. That means il the baby does not immedialely get the li附 colostrum,
she 1ωt her highly nutritious substances lrom Ihe mother
Functionally, colostrum plays clean up the bile and mucus (meconium)
in the baby's digeslive tract. This is very im四社ant回causeat Ihe time after
biバh,回biesare very susceptible to inlection and a very new environment
lor him. Colostrum al50 will eliminate hunger in Ihe newborn must be
accompanied by the intake 01 sugar without milk or lormula
In addition to filling, colostrum conlains immunoglo凶linsor immune.
Type 01 prolein in the body in charge 01 lighting the infecti∞明snol抑制by
the dairy animals. The∞ntent 01 this su凶tanceincolωlrum hmgga17 a国Jt
10 times r<none than in matune bneast milk. Thalωus凶 bre,俗世凶babieshave
Immune optimally 15 to 20 times better. A.ctually, the凶by・s凶 yhas同unω
CHOOSE PLACE OF LOVE BABY CHILDBIRTH Matemity home or hospital・dear凶by・isa health care facility that
meels Ihe criteria thal have険制issu凶 byWHO,八JNICEFin order 10
sup仰パtheprogram meyusui. The 10 crileria are:
1. Have a written問licyon breastfeeding
2. Pr,側detraining lor officers
3. Explain Ihe benelits 01 breastfeedlng nght
4. Implementing Ear1y Initiation 01 Suckling
5. Demonstrale the correct breastfeedlng technique
6. Do not give以刈ordrink olher than breastmilk
7. Implement (1∞ming
8. Helping molhers breastfeed your baby as ofte円as凹ssibleand
arbitrarily
9. Do nol give a pacilier and or kempeng
10. Foslering Support Group Breastfeedlng
To determine whether a healthωre lacility to implement 10 measures
Ihe success 01 breastfeeding, Ihe mother can ask lor their righls, namely:
1. 10 explain the benelits 01 breastfeedmg
2. 10 be taught the pro閃rway 01 breastfeeding
3. 10 get service when Ihe delivery 01 Early Initiation 01 Suckling
4. not 10 give an州ingolher than breast milk intake 10 a new凶m
5. lor babies are not kept separale Irom Ihe mother
6. 10 support mothers to breastfeed whenever
7. 10 nol give a pacifier or kempeng
8. Health workers not to give gllts that come Irom manulaclurers 01 inlant
lormula
9. Health lacililies are not pul lormula milk manufacturer's logo on
posters, leallets, banners, baby boxes, blankels, and all malerials 01
molherand凶by
10. to be develo問dor relerr,凶10breastfeedmg mothers sUPI初代group
So, do not ever hesilate to glve exclusive breastfeeding as the 10ωs lor
make its own anti刷 less∞nafter birth. Hα嶋 ver,the new anli刷 iesIhal will I our babies白
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Asian Hospital Federation Advertising Rates
AII Rates are net.
4 Color Back Cover
Back Cover
Inside Back
4白lorDisplay
Full Page ~Page
Advertislng placement
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US$850
US$7∞ 1x
US$5∞ US$3∞
ADVERTISING RATE CARD Date Effective June 1, 2012
The Asian Hospital Federation is an independent, non-political body, constituted bya number of national
hospital association in the Asia Pacific region.
The aims and objectives of the Federation a陀 toωordinateactivities of hospital associations in the
陀gionfor the attainment of quality health care and to establish and promote asystem for the exchange
of information in every aspects of hospital and health care services, and on the latest advances and
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US$ 750
US$600
2x
US$4∞
4x
US$ 650
US$5∞ 4x
US$3∞
Payment
Please remit the payment to the bank account as below:
Account Name: Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia
Account Number: 1432・0002193-054
Bank Branch: CIMB Bank Cawangan
Add陀ss:Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman 338 Bangunan Commerce Life 50100 Kuala lumpur
Swift Code: CIBBMYKL
Cancellation
Will not be accepted after the first of the month proceeding the issue
rate, and none will be considered executed unless executed.
Booking placement deadline is 2 (two) months before prin討ng.
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