The Haifa Medical Center passed the JCI global organization's audits with flying colors and was awarded the internationally recognized standard in the field of quality and safety of care and the patient.
This week, Rambam Medical Center in Haifa received confirmation for successfully meeting the most important international standard in the field of quality and safety by the accreditation committee of the international JCI organization.
The team of reviewers and the accreditation committee, international experts from a variety of countries, emphasized that Rambam demonstrated safe and high-quality medical activity according to advanced and impressive work methods and procedures, and earned a commendation for excellence even in comparison to the hospitals that were examined by the reviewers in recent years around the world.
Reviewers from different countries
Dr. Fuad Basis, who is responsible for the test on behalf of Rambam, explains:
"The hospital was examined by 5 reviewers from different countries, over the course of 6 days, for at least 8 hours a day. The JCI organization's book of standards contains about 1,380 sections, on which the hospital was examined, and at the end of the examination, the hospital met over 97% of the sections examined, which is an impressive achievement by the entire hospital staff from the various sectors: doctors, nurses, health professions (paramedical), management and housekeeping, and general and administrative management. Everyone worked shoulder to shoulder, and made all the preparations to pass the examination."
The JCI organization is one of the world's leaders in the field of medical center accreditation. The veteran international organization develops and implements the strictest standards for the certification it grants. Under the leadership of the Government Hospitals Division at the Ministry of Health, government hospitals in Israel participate in the stringent tests - like more than 1,000 leading hospitals in the world that have been accredited by the international organization.
"praiseworthy"
At the ceremony to present the findings and summarize the extensive review, the head of the review team, Ms. Helga Sprinhorn from South Africa, expressed the impression of the entire review team: "The hospital demonstrated seriousness, readiness, and cooperation in a transparent and matter-of-fact manner to the entire review team, and opened the hospital to very careful inspection by the reviewers, which is commendable."
'Committed to constantly checking ourselves'
Prof. Mickey Halbertal, director of Rambam, concludes:
"As the only super medical center in the north and one of the leading hospitals in Israel, we are committed to testing ourselves every day, all day long, in all matters related to compliance with the procedures established by us and by the Ministry of Health, to ensure patients' safety and quality medical care. At the hospital, thousands of interactions take place every day between caregivers and patients in dozens of fields - medical, nursing, health professions (paramedical), housekeeping, and more. In each such interaction, we are committed to the safety of the patient and caregiver, and therefore protocols and procedures have been established over the years that outline the way.
"A body like the JCI, which recognizes us with a very high score for meeting the international standard, fills us all with great pride, and me personally as a manager of 6,500 employees, especially for the dedication and enormous investment in the interests of patients."
A year of war
"We must remember," adds Prof. Halbertal, "that we successfully passed an external audit by foreign auditors at the end of a very difficult year, during which Rambam functioned for two months under rocket fire at the underground hospital, and in general - a year in which, together with all of Israeli society, we experienced the burden and functioning of a state at war. The fact that all the teams were able to focus on the requirements of such a demanding audit is a badge of honor for all Rambam employees."
I am an oncology patient treated at Rambam for six years.
Everyone I met at the hospital, from the cleaners to the wonderful secretaries, and Evelyn Myers, the nurse who takes care of me, and other nurses in the department, my beloved professor, Professor Ben-Aharon
They are all amazing people, full of empathy and willing to hear, listen and provide the best care.
A huge shout out to the hospital for the success of this very important test!!!!!!
As a patient at Rambam for years, I can attest to the professionalism of the team, its humanity, and its hard work.
I think Rambam might be good at big things.
But a big but
Receiving patients in the emergency room: Patients referred to the emergency room can wait hours to receive treatment,
The families of the patients who are referred simply stand for hours worried. No one cares about the families to update them. The conditions during the long wait are simply terrible. Luckily, a coffee cart from Chabad volunteers passes by every now and then. It's a real lifesaver.
And the pollution in the wards is terrible, wow, they're getting to the problem.
relatively small and die from infection.
So it's worth checking out the excellence
I'm not arguing, but anyone who knows the work and decisions of some doctors and interns will definitely disagree.
So what? Now there will be fewer beds for Israelis and more private medical clients from abroad, following the international standard?
It's always nice to criticize, to find flaws.
Various defects.
Isn't that right, dear respondent?
Who is the reporter?! (This is certainly not commentary or journalistic work, but rather dry reporting)