International certification for providing the “Best Health Care Service”
Dankook University Hospital (Director, Hospital Park Woo-sung) received the first JCI Certification among senior general hospitals in Korea’s central region.
JCI Certification is a certification program by JCI (Joint Commission International), America’s largest clinic certification organization, collaborating with the WHO, to certify the world’s medical centers for providing internationally standardized medical services.
In particular, compared with domestic medical certification which evaluates 400 items, the JCI Certification process is very strict as it evaluates 1,200 items from hospital visits to the discharge process, and grants its certification only to those satisfying 90% of the items.
Currently, along with Johns Hopkins University Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, only 400 or so institutions in 53 countries have received the JCI Certification. In Korea, starting with Yonsei Severance Hospital, 10 senior general hospitals have received the certification, and after Chonnam Natinal University Hospital and Busan University Hospital, Dankook University Hospital is the third to get JCI Certification outside of the Seoul metropolitan area.
Through this JCI Certification, Dankook University Hospital has been formally recognized for its international level of medical services and hopes to receive more foreign patients living in Korea and to attract medical tourists. Currently Dankook University Hospital is collaborating with the 18th Medical Command of the U.S. Eighth Army, and the number of foreign patients reached 7,500 last year, showing a steady increase over the years.
Park Woo-sung, Hospital Director, said that this first JCI Certification in the central region recognizes that Dankook University Hospital provides an international level of medical services with safety and excellence. Also, he promised to work toward developing the practice and facilities to meet the international level and establish a “patient-oriented hospital.”
