Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare’s Al-Hasa Health Center has achieved the Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions’s accreditation for the first time since the revitalized facility opened in 2017, with a 96 percent compliance score.
The CBAHI is the official agency authorized to grant accreditation certificates to all governmental and private healthcare facilities operating in Saudi Arabia.
“Accreditation is a tool that supports a systematic auditing process to widen the horizon for quality improvement opportunities,” said Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer Dr. Saeed Al-Yami.
Institutional accreditation by CBAHI is the primary driver for quality and patient safety globally. CBAHI accreditation aims to set healthcare organizations’ healthcare quality and safety standards against a set of criteria for evidence of compliance. It is regarded as a critical benchmark for measuring the quality of an organization and provides JHAH with international recognition from other healthcare facilities as well as a competitive advantage.
“Achieving CBAHI accreditation at AHHC demonstrates our ability to continuously deliver quality and safe care to our patients and strengthens our patient’s confidence in JHAH,” Dr. Al-Yami added.
JHAH Dhahran was successfully reaccredited by CBAHI in November 2020, with excellent survey results.
The JHAH AHHC incorporates the latest in healthcare design, technology, and equipment, offering the residents of Al-Hasa comprehensive, patient-centered services. The refurbished medical facility has an 80-bed capacity with spacious patient rooms, more than 42 fully equipped physician exam/consultation rooms, as well as screening rooms and pediatric and adult immunization clinics.
The center provides comprehensive wellness programs, including nutrition counseling, cancer prevention, smoking cessation, and osteoporosis prevention. The pharmacy is integrated with advanced robotic technology and seated service cubicles that allow for private communication between the patient and the pharmacist.
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Company is the result of a joint venture between Saudi Aramco, a world leader in energy, and Johns Hopkins Medicine, one of the world’s leading academic health systems.
This healthcare organization is designed to drive and enhance the well-being of the community in an environment of growth and learning, by providing innovative, integrated and patient-centered care to Saudi Aramco’s employees and healthcare beneficiaries.
