Setting up a national hospital accreditation program : the Zambian experience

This report looks at the milestones and successes of the hospital accreditation program in Zambia. The report documents the 10 milestones that have been reached by the program and the issues that need to be resolved, namely the need to finalise the accreditation manual for hospitals; to achieve legal status and an administrative structure for the Zambia Health Accreditation Council; to communicate the results of the first round of the accreditation surveys; and to determine how to assist hospitals that do not achieve accreditation status