Who We Are

With a growing number of healthcare organizations achieving NABH, NABL and JCI accreditation, there has been a need for a common platform that will facilitate communication amongst the accredited HCOs, share best practices, and provide benchmarking, while promoting and continuously improving the quality and safety of healthcare services provided by the HCOs across India, in collaboration with all stakeholders.

The Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO) is a not-for-profit society that was formed to fulfil this need.

The activities of CAHO include:

• To maintain a membership of Accredited HCO members and ensure establishment of communication forums.
• To promote a nationwide quality movement in healthcare, aimed at creating awareness amongst consumers and other stakeholders.
• To promote and undertake research activities and establish benchmarks in the area of healthcare quality and establish as a repository of best international/national practices.
• To interact and be involved in the initiatives of the Government’s healthcare quality improvement initiatives especially in policy decisions and other regulatory matters.
• To introduce continuous quality improvement and patient safety measures by developing and upgrading appropriate quality measures especially to improve outcomes.
• To act as an umbrella of collective wisdom to provide feedback to accreditation bodies on the expectations from industry in terms of value addition after accreditation.
• To liaise with paying agencies like CGHS, ECHS, and Insurance companies to derive benefit from accredited hospitals.
• To share constructive concerns with accreditation bodies in respect to the assessment and accreditation processes.
• To promote accreditation in association with the Ministry of Tourism to enhance the medical value tourism.
• To undertake capacity building initiatives in the area of healthcare quality and safety through education and skill building programs.
• To promote adoption of technology solutions to promote quality, efficiency and patient safety.
• To create a "Resource Centre" to help all member organizations to access credible educational material.
• To create training programs to enhance skills especially in the field of quality and to create an army of quality implementers.