QA Organizations Advisory Committee

Quality Assurance (QA) organizations play a vital role in upholding the quality of substance use disorders treatment (SUDs) treatment services by continuously assessing them against a set of standards. These organizations can include inspectorates, accrediting bodies, government ministries, regulators, funding bodies or registration and licensing agencies. ICQ collaborates with QA organizations to enhance and advocate for quality assurance in SUDs services through a peer-led process for obtaining ICQ's Quality Seal Award.

The Quality Seal Award is bestowed upon a QA organization that has conducted quality assurance activities in SUDs treatment services, adhering to a set of prescribed standards and criteria outlined in the "Guidelines and ICQ Standards for Quality Assurance Organizations to Apply for ICQ Quality Seal" (referred to as the “Guidance Document”).

This Committee has been established, and the current membership includes:

• Care Quality Commission (CQC), QA Organization, England
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), QA Organization, International
• The Joint Commission (TJC), QA Organization, United States of America
• Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA), QA Organization, Pakistan
• Superintendency of Health, QA Organization, Chile
• Jemima Burnage, QA Expert, England
• J. Randy Koch, QA Expert, United States of America
• Luis Alfonzo, QA Expert, United States of America
• Nancy Paull, QA Expert, United States of America
• Shamil Wanigaratne, United Arab Emirates
• Rita Notarandrea, Co-Chair, Canada
• Annette Dale-Perera, Co-Chair, Qatar
• Mariano Montenegro, Co-Chair, Chile

QA Organizations Awarded the Quality Seal

Following the development of Standards and Guidance document for the Quality Seal Award, the following QA organizations applied and were successful in obtaining the Quality Seal Award:

 

Independent regulator of health and social care in England.

Where CQC finds poor care, they make sure health and social care services for people are provided with safe, compassion, and high-quality care. They encourage this care services to improve.

https://www.cqc.org.uk

 

CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. Through accreditation, CARF assists service providers in demonstrating value by the quality of their services and meeting internationally-recognized organizational and program standards.

https://carf.org/

IHRA is an autonomous health regulatory body enacted under the Islamabad Health Regulation Act, 2018. Aims to improve the quality, efficiency and safety of healthcare services delivery by adopting evidence-based regulatory standards for registration and licensing of healthcare establishments, health professionals and equipment, and developing and enforcing minimum standards of safety for patients, healthcare professionals and other staff in healthcare establishments in the Islamabad Capital Territory.

https://ihra.gov.pk

 

We are committed to advancing safety and quality, as well as transforming health care, by encouraging, empowering, and supporting health care organizations to embrace quality improvement.

For more than 70 years, The Joint Commission has been a global driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care. We believe that all people should always expect the safest and highest quality care.

https://www.jointcommission.org/

 

 

The mission of the Superintendency of Health from Chile is to ensure, protect, and promote the equal fulfillment of people's rights in health with opportunity, efficiency, and equity through the supervision and control of the institutions that are part of the health system.

https://www.superdesalud.gob.cl/