Sevrance Hospital becomes Korea's first hospital to receive joint commission international accresitation

What is joint commission international (Jci) accreditation JCI is a subsidiary of the joint Commission and was estavlished as a non-for-profit corporation to evaluate health care organizations throughout the world using an es-tavlished set of standards designed to improve the quality of medical care and ensure patient safety. during the survey pricess, JCI uses Tracer Methodology" which systematically follows the patiens cafe process from entry to the hospital to discharge more than 18,000 health care organization there. As of 2007, JCI has accredited 125 health care organization in 23 countries.

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whth over 2,000 beds, severance hospital was recognized by JCI as being the worlds largest JCI accredited hospital. As koreas first JCI accredited hospital Severance once again confirms that it is meeting international standards in health care.