Monday, 18 January 2021

What is NABH? What is the role of Pharmacist in NABH?

 

What is NABH?

NABH means National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, it is a Hospital Accreditation and element of constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI). QCI is set up to establish and operate accreditation program for health care organisations. It is formed in the year 2005, headquarter functioning at New Delhi.

The first edition of NABH standards was released in 2006 and this standard has been revising once in every 3 years. At present fifth edition standards released in April 2020. As on today more than 350 hospitals were accredited in India.

Majority of the hospitals in India are contending to get accredited by NABH, whose standards are in turn certified by ISQua (International Society for Quality in Healthcare).

What is the role of Pharmacist in NABH?

·        As the rate of accreditation increasing, there is a high demand to include Clinical Pharmacists (CPs) as the necessary healthcare provider of a healthcare team to achieve evidence-based medicine and rational drug therapy.

·        Pharmaceutical care carried out by pharmacist plays an important role in improving the overall delivery of quality of care and can able to generate revenue for hospitals.

·        In revolutionizing the India’s healthcare scenario, Pharmacists are playing a significant role by updating their knowledge on regularly.

·        Average salary 3 to 4 lakhs per annum.  

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