More About Our Accreditations

Joint Commission International

In April 2014, HMC’s three newest facilities, Heart Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital and The Cuban Hospital, joined all our other hospitals, as well as the Ambulance and Home Healthcare Services, in being awarded Joint Commission International accreditation, which recognizes high quality healthcare organizations.

College of American Pathologists

Hamad’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) completed a comprehensive inspection by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) in April 2014 and accreditation was confirmed in the summer 2014. CAP accreditation is considered the gold standard of laboratory accreditation and requires successful performance in stringent proficiency testing, quality control of procedures, staff qualifications, safety programs and overall management. It recognizes laboratories that positively impact patient care and is in line with Hamad’s strategic objective to deliver the best and safest integrated clinical care system in the GCC region.

Accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center​

In early 2014, Hamad became the first organization in the GCC, and only the third in the Middle East, to be accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This achievement places Hamad among an elite class of healthcare organizations around the world and demonstrates the importance placed on providing staff with professional development opportunities. The accreditation is valid for two years and requires adherence to rigorous standards. The ANCC is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and is dedicated to the promotion of excellence in nursing and healthcare through credentialing programs. ANCC accreditation is a voluntary peer review process intended to strengthen and sustain the quality and integrity of continuing nursing education. ANCC’s internationally renowned credentialing programs certify and recognize individual nurses in specialty practice areas

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - International​​l

In November 2012, Hamad became the first hospital system in the region to achieve institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - International (ACGME-I). This makes Qatar only the second country outside of the United States to have the prestigious accreditation conferred upon it, which indicates that it meets the highest and most rigorous standards for physicians’ specialty training. This is a significant achievement and means Hamad will attract, train and retain the top medical graduates and clinical faculty from Qatar and around the world. It has been effective from 1 July, 2012 so that students studying in this academic year will be educated under this accreditation. Under the ACGME-I structure, trainee doctors undergo structured specialist training conducted by dedicated senior clinicians after graduating from medical school. They are regularly assessed on their medical knowledge, patient care skills, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills to ensure the aspiring specialist doctors provide excellent care. This accreditation also marks a key milestone in the transformation of Hamad into an Academic Health System and demonstrates the organization's ongoing commitment to high quality care and patient safety.​

The International Academy of Emergency Dispatch (IAED)

The International Academy of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) has officially recognized the Ambulance Service Medical Communication Center as an Accredited Center of Excellence. The center is the first in the Middle East to receive this accreditation, which comes as the result of two and a half years of hard work and commitment to meet the 25 requirements of the IAED. The Ambulance Service Medical Communication Center provides a number of tools to the Ambulance Service to triage the received calls and deploy the most appropriate resource in a standardized and consistent manner.