Originally Posted By: Geoff Hannis

Here's some advice for your people, Bong. It might sound a bit like stating the obvious, but here goes ...

Look around the world and decide which accreditation regime is not only deemed by knowledgeable folk to be "the best" but also the one that is most likely to give the most positive outcomes (you know, in terms of patient care) where you are. Noting, of course, that those two requirements may offer up different regimes! ... and then:- go for that one (only). smile

Otherwise, it looks like you'll be going through all this all over again every couple of years or so. Or perhaps I've read the situation wrongly ... could it be that folk out there have too much time on their hands? Not to mention "making a name for themselves" - which is not that unusual at University Hospitals, I'm afraid. whistle

Also, aren't KPI's for BME more or less the same for any worthwhile accreditation scheme? What did you use last time? think



Unfortunately we did not pay attention to "KPIs" during the ISO certification process. All we were doing was see to it that all equipment have a history sheet made available whenever the auditors look for it. There was a big emphasis on PPM so the PPM team of our bme department always saw to it that the PPM sticker is on all equipment. All documentation for each equipment should be available all the time. I now see several KPIs here yet we did not define any as it was not required then.