National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, abbreviated as NABH, is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations.

NABH is led by its Chairman, Mr. Rizwan Koita and CEO, Dr. Atul Mohan Kochhar.

[4] NABH is equivalent to JCI and other international standards including HAS: Haute Authorite de Sante, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, the Japan Council for Quality in Health Care and the National Committee for Quality Assurance in the United States.

The official website of QCI should be referred for the application and implementation of healthcare standards.

NABH performs three main functions:[5] Established in 1997 through a Cabinet decision of the Government of India (GoI) – QCI is an autonomous organization under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The council was established to provide a credible, reliable mechanism for third-party assessment of products, services, and processes which is accepted and recognized globally.

NABH is an Institutional Member as well as a board member of the International Society[7] for Quality in Health Care (lSQua) and on the board of the Asian Society for Quality in Healthcare (ASQua).

NABH accreditation system was established in 2006, as a constituent of the Quality Council of India[8] (QCI).

The idea is, that the entire hospital staff should be ready for all types of disasters, care protocols, and accidents, incidents.