The International Accreditation Programme (IAP) delivers a unique global accreditation service to health and social care external evaluation organisations and standards developing bodies.
Since 1999, the IAP has provided these organisations with an independent third-party assessment process to validate existing systems and drive continuous quality improvement. The IAP enables these organisations to demonstrate their credibility and benchmark their performance on an international level. Operating in over 60 countries, the IAP offers three separate peer review assessment options:
ISQua EEA Committees & Surveyors
ISQua EEA is governed and advised by two committees, the External Evaluation Award Committee (EEAC) and the Accreditation Council
External Evaluation Award Committee
The External Evaluation Award Committee is a subcommittee of the International Society for Quality in Health Care External Evaluation Association (ISQua EEA) Board of Directors with responsibility for the governance and policy development of the external evaluation programmes of ISQua EEA in accordance with the strategic plan. The External Evaluation Award Committee (EEAC) is responsible for approving external evaluation awards; approving the standards for the different ISQua EEA programmes, and approving assessment methodologies for the different programmes.
Accreditation Council
The Accreditation Council is an advisory committee who advises and/or makes recommendations to the External Evaluation Award Committee on matters relating to ISQua EEA’s flagship external evaluation programme - the International Accreditation Programme (IAP) and other external evaluation and accreditation-related issues.
ISQua EEA Surveyors
At the heart of the IAP are the ISQua EEA surveyors. ISQua EEA has experienced international professionals who work with health and social care external evaluation organisations around the world. Their role is to validate an organisation’s self-assessment and confirm their level of achievement against the ISQua EEA Principles and Standards. The ISQua EEA surveyors provide the organisation with a written report identifying the organisation’s strengths and promoting continuous quality improvement.
ISQua EEA Committees and Surveyors
The members of the EEAC are:
Ellen Joan van Vliet, The Netherlands, Chair
Leslee Thompson, Canada
Shin Ushiro, Japan
Salma Jaouni, Jordan
John Brennan, Ireland
Pa Chun Wang, Taiwan
| Committee Member | Organisation | Country |
| Salma Jaouni (Chair) | Health Care Accreditation Council | Jordan |
| Leslee Thompson (Deputy Chair) | HSO/Accreditation Canada | Canada |
| Stephen Clark | Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited | Australia |
| Atul Mohan Kochhar | National Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers | India |
| Bhupendra Kumar Rana | Quality & Accreditation Institute | India |
| Ann Wunsch | Australian Aged Care Quality Agency | Australia |
| Bruno Lucet | Haute Autorité De Santé | France |
| Abdul Rahim | Malaysian Society for Quality in Health Care | Malaysia |
| Joel Roos | Joint Commission International | United States of America |
| Pa-Chung Wang | Joint Commission Taiwan | Taiwan |
| Jacqui Stewart | Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA) | South Africa |
| Michael Murray | Diagnostic Accreditation Program, College of Physicians and Surgeons | Canada |
| Ellen Joan van Vliet | Qualicor Europe | The Netherlands |
| Karen Luxford | Australian Council on Healthcare Standards | Australia |
| Moyra Amess | CHKS | United Kingdom |
| Yuichi Imanaka | Japan Council for Quality in Health Care | Japan |
| Rubens Covello | IQG – Health Services Accreditation | Brazil |
| Fabio Leite Gastal | Organização Nacional de Acreditação | Brazil |
| Alexia Costa | IBES – Instituto Brasileiro para Excelência em Saúde | Brazil |
| Salem Al Wahabi | CBAHI - Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institution | Saudi Arabia |
| John Bell | AACI Healthcare | United States |
| Observers | ||
| Ron Lavater | International Hospital Federation | Switzerland |
| David Greenfield | Australian Institute of Health Service Management, University of Tasmania | Australia |
| Matthew Neilson | World Health Organization | Switzerland |
| Surveyor | Country |
| Hugo Arce | Argentina |
| Ingrid Fairlie | Australia |
| Peter Frendin | Australia |
| Brian Johnston | Australia |
| Lena Low | Australia |
| Scott Phipps | Australia |
| Philomena Mitolo | Australia |
| Linda O'Connor | Australia |
| Kirsten Peddie | Australia |
| Elizabeth Pringle | Australia |
| Gary Smith | Australia |
| Ann Wunsch | Australia |
| Virginia Matthews | Australia |
| Maria Carolina Moreno | Brazil |
| Syed Sajid Ahmed | Canada |
| Martin Beaumont | Canada |
| Danielle Dorschner | Canada |
| Anita Harris | Canada |
| Elma Heidemann | Canada |
| Gilles Lanteigne | Canada |
| Ali Hojati | Canada |
| Edward Mantler | Canada |
| Susan Yates | Canada |
| Wendy Nicklin | Canada |
| Martial Favre | France |
| Bruno Lucet | France |
| Fabienne Menot | France |
| Loretta Yam | Hong Kong SAR, China |
| Parvez Ahmad | India |
| Pawan Kapoor | India |
| Neeraj Lal | India |
| Anand R | India |
| BK Rana | India |
| Sanjeev Singh | India |
| Triona Fortune | Ireland |
| Ahmad Shatat | Jordan |
| Dalal Abu Al-Rub | Jordan |
| Hashem Al-Fadel | Jordan |
| Omaima Nassar | Jordan |
| Rabab Diab | Jordan |
| Thaira Madi | Jordan |
| Khaled Hassan | Jordan |
| Kadar Marikar | Malaysia |
| Patricia Lahana | Netherlands |
| Hein Muller | Netherlands |
| Catherine Cummings | New Zealand |
| Barbara Donaldson | New Zealand |
| Tricia Dore | New Zealand |
| Jim DuRose | New Zealand |
| Margarida Franca | Portugal |
| Shazia Aman | Saudi Arabia |
| Steven Wilson | Scotland |
| Chin-Pao Cheng | Taiwan |
| Julia Hsu | Taiwan |
| Nisreen Abada | UAE |
| Ann Wood | UK |
| Jan Mackereth-Hill | UK |
| Jackie Rayner | UK |
| Carlos Hiran Goes de Souza | UK |
| Edward Chappy | USA |
| Anne Chenoweth | USA |
| Paul van Ostenberg | USA |
| Assaf Al-Assaf | USA |
| Claudia Jorgenson | USA |