04 principles of implementation guidelines for hospital quality management in Vietnam

14:50, 15/07/2013

Recently, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam has issued the Circular No. 19/2013/TT-BYT specifying implementation guidelines for healthcare service quality management in hospitals.

Nguyen tac to chuc quan ly chat luong dich vu kham chua benh, Thong tu 19/2013/TT-BYT

According to Article 2 of Circular No. 19/2013/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, there are 04 principles of implementation guidelines for hospital quality management as follows:

- The patient should be put at the center of all healthcare services.

- Quality assurance and improvement should be assumed as crucial and routine tasks, and must be conducted in a regular, continuous and steady manner.

- Decisions in relation to hospital quality management operations should be made by taking into consideration legal and scientifically-proven bases supported by specific evidence, and should conform to practical demands for hospital quality enhancement.

- Hospital directors shall be held accountable for hospital quality management. All of the staff members, including those who work as officials, public servants or employees (hereinafter referred to as medical staff), in hospitals must be involved in hospital quality management.

Concurrently, hospitals must meet licensing requirements in accordance with the schedule referred to in the Government’s Decree No. 87/2011/ND-CP dated September 27, 2011. Licensed hospitals shall be responsible for sustaining their operations in order to meet national technical regulations and other requirements adopted by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

View more details at Circular No. 19/2013/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from September 15, 2013.

Thu Ba

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE

73 lượt xem

- The legal regulations in this article are according to Vietnamese Law;
- This English translation is for reference purposes only and not a definitive translation of the original Vietnamese texts;
- Articles may be compiled from a variety of sources;
- Applicable Terms may have expired at the time you are reading;
- If you have any questions about the copyright of the article, please contact us via email banquyen@lawnet.vn