"In the health ministry`s strategic plan 2010-2014, one of the indicators that have to be met is at least five cities must have world-class hospitals," the ministry`s Director General of Health Development Supriyantoro said on the sidelines of a workshop on International-Standard Hospital Accreditation, here, Monday.
The seven hospitals are Cipto Mangunkusumo (Jakarta), Sanglah Denpasar (Bali), dr. Sardjito (Yogyakarta), Fatmawati (Jakarta), H. Adam Malik (Medan, North Sumatra), dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo (Makassar, South Sulawesi), and Army Hospital Gatot Subroto (Jakarta).
"Hopefully, two hospitals will be internationally accredited by JCI in late 2012, and five more hospitals in 2013," he said.
In the second phase, the government hopes that international accreditation will also be received by Kariadi Hospital in Semarang (Central Java), Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung (West Java), Jantung Harapan Kita in Jakarta, Harapan Kita infant and maternal hospital in Jakarta, Persahabatan in Jakarta, and dr. Mohammad Hoesin in Palembang (South Sumatra).
The Joint Commission International (JCI) will judge the hospitals based among other things on the patient-centered services (hospital accreditation version 2012). The safety of patients is a main standard indicator in the judgement.
"This accreditation will add benefit to the services. The patient safety procedure will be more details such as concerning hand washing. After receiving accreditation, even security personnel must know how to wash their hands properly," he said.
One of the challenges in implementing the international standard procedures is how to change the mindset of hospital personnel, he said.
Last February, Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, that only five out of 1,800 hospitals existing in Indonesia are currently accredited internationally, and all five are privately-owned, .
In remarks to open a congress and seminar of the Indonesian Professional Medical Recorders Association (PORMIKI), she said 65-66 percent of the 1,800 hospitals were nationally accredited and of the total number, one-third was privately owned.
She said no public or state-owned hospital had so far been internationally accredited because they had not yet reached the required quality standards,including in medical record services.
But the health ministry was now preparing seven state-owned hospitals to qualify for international accreditation, she said. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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