Accreditation and Health Control announces the 2024 harvest in building and improving quality care systems
– 422 health facilities were accredited and 59,418 medical profession members were registered through 1,169 evaluation visits in 21 governorates
Implementation of 3,569 monitoring visits since the beginning of the implementation of comprehensive health insurance< /p>
115 medical facilities outside the governorates were approved for the first phase of health insurance Comprehensive
Accreditation of 108 private sector medical facilities
The General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control announced the harvest of its activities and events during the year 2024, which witnessed a number of important developments and initiatives aimed at improving The performance of the health sector in Egypt and ensuring the safety of patients, as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the quality of health services and ensure the commitment of accredited medical institutions to apply the highest levels of quality.
Dr. stressed. Ahmed Taha, Chairman of the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control, said that what was achieved during the year 2024 reflects GAHAR’s determination to achieve Egypt’s Vision 2030 in developing the health sector, and implementing the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the necessity of providing integrated health care in accordance with the highest levels of international quality for all citizens, in addition to… Commitment to continue working side by side with all partners in the health sector to ensure the provision of high-quality health services that meet the aspirations of citizens.
He noted Taha to the readiness of “Jahar” For the year 2025, with ambitious plans that include expanding the scope of accreditation to include more health sectors and extending to all governorates throughout the Republic, in addition to strengthening international partnerships and increasing investment in training, which contributes to achieving a qualitative shift in the health care sector.
 
Dr. Ahmed Taha reviewed the most important notable achievements achieved by the authority during the year 2024, as the number of approved health facilities so far reached (422), and it also registered (59,418) members of medical professions, at the level of 21 governorates across the Republic, from inside and outside the governorates of the first phase in which the comprehensive health insurance system was activated, through the implementation of (1,169) evaluation visits from the beginning of the establishment of the Authority until 2024
The Chairman of the Health Accreditation and Supervision Authority expressed his pride in accrediting (108) medical facilities affiliated with the private sector, and (16) affiliated facilities For the sectors of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior, and (4) university health facilities, as a beginning to enhance the provision of specialized health services to beneficiaries of comprehensive health insurance, stressing that this comes within the framework of the Authority’s fulfillment of its responsibilities to accelerate the pace of implementing the new system and work to implement it according to its scheduled time frame.
Taha added that the facilities that succeeded in obtaining accreditation included (115) health facilities outside the governorates of the first phase of comprehensive health insurance, which indicates the spread of the culture of quality care. Healthcare as a fundamental focus for the development and governance of health services, and that the approved facilities included all sectors of health care provision, including: the government sector, the private sector, and the university sector, in addition to health facilities affiliated with the Medical Services Department of the Armed Forces, the Medical Services Sector at the Ministry of Interior, and facilities affiliated with the sector. Al-Ahly, the Suez Canal Authority, the hospitals of the Secretariat of Specialized Medical Centers affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Population, and health facilities affiliated with the public business sector.
The Chairman of the Authority reviewed General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control The most important features of the report regarding the role of The Authority is responsible for controlling and organizing health sector services, by activating the supervisory role and periodic inspection of accredited health facilities, in order to ensure that their performance continues to conform with the accreditation requirements and standards issued by it, as the General Administration of Health Oversight has implemented a total number of (3569) supervisory visits since the beginning of the application. Comprehensive health insurance until the end of 2024, including (1,100) clinical and technical oversight visits, (1,165) administrative oversight visits, and (1,304) opinion poll visits. Taha pointed out that the number of oversight visits reached (1,375) during the fiscal year 2023/2024, units within the scope of (15) governorates across the Republic, which included (399) technical and clinical oversight visits, (563) administrative audit and inspection oversight visits, and a number of (413) Visit an opinion poll to measure the satisfaction of patients and health service providers.
He added The opinion polls included huge samples that reached (119,967) patients and (12,605) health service providers in the fiscal year 2023/2024, out of a total number of samples that reached (359,687) patients and (37,059) health service providers since the establishment of the Authority until the end of 2024. With the aim of taking corrective measures towards the shortcomings that have been monitored to raise the satisfaction rate of patients and service providers with the comprehensive health insurance system through coordination and cooperation with health institutions and authorities. Governance.
Within the role of the Health Accreditation and Oversight Authority in providing technical support to various health facilities to become able to conduct self-evaluation and develop performance to understand and apply the quality standards issued by GAHAR, the administration implemented General technical support, in the period from 2019 until the end of 2024, a number of (1,425) introductory visits and a field visit, and a remote support program, for health facilities affiliated with the various sectors to train them on the use of evaluation tools. And the number of technical support programs is (497) introductory visits and field visits, and a remote support program for health facilities.
In order to enhance the capabilities of providers health services and enabling them to apply quality standards efficiently. The accredited training center of the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control implemented 131 diverse training programs, focusing on the initial accreditation requirements and accreditation standards issued by the Authority, and workshops. Which works to develop the skills and competencies of individuals. These programs targeted 11,286 trainees from various health sectors.
As part of its efforts to enhance human competencies, the Training Center succeeded in adopting the GAHAR EGY-CAP program. From the Egyptian Health Council, in addition to the graduation of the first batch of program recipients, which included 31 certified specialists.
And while Regarding the Authority’s role in optimal utilization of resources and rationalization of health spending by enabling decision makers to set policies and priorities, Dr. pointed out. Ahmed Taha to the Authority’s implementation of the decision of Prime Minister Dr. Mustafa Madbouly to review the Authority’s engineering designs for government health facilities, and the decision of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, to review the engineering designs of private health facilities, as the Health Facilities Design Review Committee of the General Authority for Accreditation The Health Control Department reviewed the architectural and engineering designs of (475) projects from various sectors since the beginning of the committee’s work in March 2021
The authority indicated that the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control achieved a major achievement during the year 2024 by obtaining international accreditation for the training program for the authority’s auditors and evaluators from the International Society for Healthcare Quality (ESCWA). With a success rate of 96%, after passing a path of diligent work in cooperation with international accreditation organizations, including (the United States Agency for Development USAID – Project Sustainability of Epidemic Control EPIC – International Accreditation Corporation of Canada (AC) – FHI-360, in addition to a guidance program in cooperation with TEMOS International.
The head of the Health Accreditation and Control Authority explained Work is underway on 5 new versions of the standards issued by GAHAR, which include: extended care and convalescence homes, medical hospitalization, mother- and child-friendly facilities, clinical research centers and committees. Ethics, the National Guide for Medical Equipment for Hospitals. Green health care, in addition to supporting the medical tourism file by issuing standards for international patients as well as standards for hospital centers
