Bangalore, 8 May 2014: “Bangalore Baptist Hospital has been networking hospitals and is promoting effective communication in health care. It’s initiatives in raising quality standards and creating tools for measurement of standards and encouraging empanelment have been well recognised,” said Venkataram, Secretary, Quality Council of India, here today on the occasion to mark the Council’s DL Shah Quality Award 2014 to Bangalore Baptist Hospital for an unprecedented second consecutive year.
The six quality initiatives of the Hospital that comprised the winning application are:
- Mentoring hospitals
- Promoting Healthcare Communication
- Propagating quality through networking
- Initiating quality standards for empanelment
- Fellowship in Healthcare Quality Management
- Handbook on healthcare quality and patient care
Additionally, as part of the India Backbone Implementation Network (IbIn) Bangalore Team, Bangalore Baptist Hospital has taken a lead role in publishing the National Consultative Report, `Aspirations for the Elderly in India’ which was released by the Planning Commission of India in New Delhi yesterday.
This project comes close on the heels of the `Quality Initiatives for the Nation’, which won the prestigious Quality Council of India (QCI) DL Shah Quality Award 2014 under the Big Hospitals category.
Karnataka is in the forefront in quality patient care as it achieved multiple laurels in the field of Quality at the National level winning three National awards in the 9th Quality conclave held in New Delhi last month
Led by BBH, the Government of Karnataka and the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) have taken steps to inculcate sustainable quality in both mission and government hospitals in many districts in the State.
“Bangalore Baptist Hospital has been serving the poor and needy for over 40 years, providing quality ethical medical care to all patients irrespective of religion, creed or social status. The hospital excels in delivering high-quality patient care which has brought home many awards,” said Dr Thomas.
The Hospital has spear-headed innovations and was awarded the FICCI Healthcare Operational Excellence Award in 2012 and also received the National Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012) from the National Board of Examinations for accredited programs, making BBH the best teaching hospital in the country.
BBH was started as an outpatient clinic in a makeshift building, for rural Bangalore, in 1973. Today, 40 years later, it is a 300 bed multispecialty mission hospital serving all socio-economic strata of the society and leading the way in healthcare quality in the country. It is the first mission hospital in India to be accredited with NABH and NABL. To enable quality healthcare, the hospital runs many medical, nursing and allied health services educational programs at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. The recently launched BBH Devanahalli, a satellite hospital, serves Rural North Bangalore and adjoining townships.With these and other initiatives and its quality drive, BBH has impacted lakhs of patients in India and Malaysia. The hospital is governed by Christian Medical College, Vellore, since 1989.
