<p>The Association of Health Care Providers India (AHPI) launched a set of ‘patient-friendly’ standards at hospitals in the City on Saturday to ensure affordable and quality treatment for all. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The ‘patient-friendly’ standards designed specifically for hospitals in India, is principally aimed at ensuring that structures and processes in a hospital are in favour of a patient. In addition to this, they also look at the various measures providing quality care and safe care, legality of day-to-day operations and following of ethical practices, among the others. <br /><br />A full copy of the standards has been made available for pubic viewing on the AHPI website. <br /><br /> The standards were launched by Dr Devi Shetty, Founder and Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya, amid 100 other participants comprising doctors, hospital managing directors and chief administrative officers. Also, a workshop to sensitise professionals towards patients and visitors in hospitals was also started. <br /><br />The AHPI is also co-ordinationg with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and the National Institution of Design to produce simulators. “These simulators will act as technological advancements to double as a replica of human bodies to help in medical training,” Dr Shetty said.<br /><br />Speaking at the launch of the initiative, Dr Giridhar Gyani, Founder Director General, AHPI said, “A patient is the most important visitor at a hospital. We are trying to reinforce this fact through the workshop.” <br /><br />He also said they were confident that hospitals would experience a positive transformation once they comply with the standards. <br /><br />B G Menon, co-founder and managing director of ACME Consulting said, “We are organizing such workshops across the country to bridge this gap between hospital services and patient expectations.”<br /><br /></p>
<p>The Association of Health Care Providers India (AHPI) launched a set of ‘patient-friendly’ standards at hospitals in the City on Saturday to ensure affordable and quality treatment for all. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The ‘patient-friendly’ standards designed specifically for hospitals in India, is principally aimed at ensuring that structures and processes in a hospital are in favour of a patient. In addition to this, they also look at the various measures providing quality care and safe care, legality of day-to-day operations and following of ethical practices, among the others. <br /><br />A full copy of the standards has been made available for pubic viewing on the AHPI website. <br /><br /> The standards were launched by Dr Devi Shetty, Founder and Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya, amid 100 other participants comprising doctors, hospital managing directors and chief administrative officers. Also, a workshop to sensitise professionals towards patients and visitors in hospitals was also started. <br /><br />The AHPI is also co-ordinationg with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and the National Institution of Design to produce simulators. “These simulators will act as technological advancements to double as a replica of human bodies to help in medical training,” Dr Shetty said.<br /><br />Speaking at the launch of the initiative, Dr Giridhar Gyani, Founder Director General, AHPI said, “A patient is the most important visitor at a hospital. We are trying to reinforce this fact through the workshop.” <br /><br />He also said they were confident that hospitals would experience a positive transformation once they comply with the standards. <br /><br />B G Menon, co-founder and managing director of ACME Consulting said, “We are organizing such workshops across the country to bridge this gap between hospital services and patient expectations.”<br /><br /></p>
