ISO 9001:2000 as a Healthcare Quality Management System

ISO 9001:2000 offers a framework for healthcare quality management by which a hospital can manage all of the required healthcare quality certifications. Step four in the ISO 9001:2000 process involves the diagramming of all processes in order to show the interactions. Diagramming enables the organization to visually evaluate processes from an organization perspective versus jus a department level.

Sample Process Interaction Diagram

Why ISO 9001:2000 certification for healthcare? What are the benefits of ISO 9001:2000 for healthcare organizations? Why did one hospital pursue certification to ISO 9001:2000? Are there many hospitals certified for the ISO 9001:2000 standard? Are employees and physicians involved with the hospital certification process? How do you know if your documented healthcare processes are effective? Give an example of the significant accomplishments that a hospital achieved by pursuing the ISO 9001:2000 standard as a Healthcare Quality Management System.

Status of Quality Improvement Movement in Healthcare ISO 9001:2000 Applied as a Healthcare Quality Management Tool Process for Using ISO 9001:2000 to Develop a Healthcare Quality Improvement Plan Key ISO 9001 Improvement Objectives for Healthcare ISO 9001:2000 as a Healthcare Quality Management System Benefits of ISO 9001:2000 as the Framework for Managing All Healthcare Quality Certifications Linking ISO 9001:2000 requirements to Product/Service Quality