Hub-&-spoke experiments begin at city private hosp
Times of India | 28 December 2024
Kolkata: A private hospital in Kolkata will soon start mentoring small and medium healthcare organisations to help them develop their standard of care, ensure patient safety, and guide them towards accreditation with recognised bodies of hospitals. The move, aimed at reaching out to more patients with improved treatment, will help enhance healthcare standards in and around Kolkata. More such mentor hospitals need to be identified in the private sector, felt doctors and hospitals.
The Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organisations (CAHO) has selected Charnock Hospital as a ‘Centre for Quality Promotion (CQP)'. Under its mandate, Charnock is now tasked with a broader responsibility — to lead by example and share its expertise in healthcare quality.
"We will undertake a series of initiatives, including holding training and workshops for smaller establishments, provide on-site and continuous support, collaborate and network with them, and create quality leaders to drive improvement within those organisations. This prestigious recognition highlights our commitment to healthcare quality and patient safety. We will also share platforms for knowledge-sharing to enable healthcare organisations to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, and learn from one another. The initiative will include follow-ups and refresher training for sustained quality improvement," said Charnock MD Prashant Sharma, also chairperson, Indian Chamber of Commerce healthcare taskforce.
The CAHO initiative of establishing CQPs focuses on empowering accredited healthcare organisations to lead the charge in improving standards. These centres act as regional mentors, guiding small and medium healthcare organisations towards accreditation and encouraging them to prioritise patient safety and quality in their operations.
Other private hospitals said the move is a step in the right direction and will help create a hub-and-spoke model with bigger hospitals sharing their infrastructural support and clinical expertise with smaller ones. "The initiative will help smaller hospitals provide improved treatment. We would like to serve as a CQP as well," said Rupak Barua, president, Association of Hospitals of Eastern India and CEO, Woodlands Hospital.
"This model was used in the second Covid wave when an ICU bed shortage led big hospitals to guide smaller ones. While we are not directly involved in this project at present, we are committed to supporting it and contributing to its success," said Shaoli Dutta, director, Desun Hospitals.
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