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  “Dramatic and documented”: Quality efforts at Wockhardt earn international accreditation
Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbia, has been accredited by Joint Commission International, only the second health care provider in India to earn this distinction. The recognition comes a mere two years after HMI and Wockhardt began developing a sustainable quality improvement model for the hospital, as the foundation for network-wide improvements for the Mumbai-based health care organization.
 
  In Dubai, HMI helps to create a new kind of health care environment
The physical facilities of DHCC are rising in what was once an undeveloped expanse of desert. Yet the biggest challenge for HMI and DHCC has been to develop and implement the guiding principles and corresponding governance structures to ensure that the services provided in these new buildings are aligned with Dubai’s pursuit of global standards for health care excellence. In the past year the partners achieved a significant milestone by formally defining the rules and regulations governing Dubai Healthcare City.
 
  Special Feature: A mission in seeing at a short-term eye camp in rural Namibia
Second-year Harvard Medical School student Jesse Maki describes her participation in a short-term medical mission to provide eye care in rural Namibia, and examines how these missions can be measured to ensure their effectiveness.
 


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