This is a list of international healthcare accreditation organizations. These organizations are responsible for the accreditation of hospitals and other healtchcare services. The Joint Commission is one of the most widely used accreditation organizations. The International Society for the Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) is the umbrella organization responsible for accrediting the Joint Commission accreditation scheme in the US and Accreditation Canada International, as well as accreditation organizations in the United Kingdom and Australia. Many countries have either voluntary or mandatory accreditation requirements.

Organizations

The following is a list of hospital accreditation organizations grouped by country:

Africa

Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.

Algeria

Australia

Bosnia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

China

Denmark

Europe

Egypt

France

Germany

India

Indonesia

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Latin America

Brazil, Argentina, and Chile were engaged in a hospital accreditation program in the 1990s in collaboration with PAHO.

Lithuania

Malaysia

Mexico

As of 2009, Mexico signed an agreement with the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, now the Joint Commission to adopt U.S. hospital standards for accreditation.

Netherlands

New Zealand

North Macedonia

Norway

Peru

Portugal

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

South Africa

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

Tonga

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

Hospital accreditation is required in order to be eligible for Medicare patient coverage.