In response to feedback from our day hospital members, we have developed a version of our EQuIP 4 program specifically for privately owned, stand-alone day hospitals.
“The changes maintain the integrity of the EQuIP 4 standards whilst tailoring them for the day hospital sector. The new program significantly reduces documentation, frequency of on-site surveys and is provided at a lower cost,” commented ACHS Chief Executive, Mr Brian Johnston.
“The number of procedures undertaken in a day hospital setting in Australia is growing substantially each year. Therefore it is important to provide relevant quality improvement and accreditation services for this important sector.”
Existing members who meet the eligibility criteria will be migrated progressively over to the new product from 1 January 2010 with support from their customer services manager. Eligible organisations are stand-alone, licensed and privately owned day hospitals with a Commonwealth Provider Number.
The program is consistent with EQuIP 4, while making the following changes (which are appropriate for the stand-alone day hospital setting):
Only one onsite survey in a three-year cycle aims to reduce the burden to day hospitals instead of the previous two onsite surveys in a four-year cycle. The accreditation awarded following a successful survey will be for a three-year period.
For more information, please contact the ACHS on +61 2 9281 9955 or email: achs@achs.org.au 
