A importância do processo de acreditação hospitalar nos hospitais militares de área do Exército Brasileiro

Abstract

The discussion on more efficient health systems models has been gaining new frameworks after the various reforms that have been implemented since the 1990s in several countries as far as Brazil. The hospital accreditation program, which is an external evaluation, emerges as the possibility of establishing a culture of safety and quality within an institution that strives to continuously improve patient care processes and results obtained, configuring itself as a way to an quality management in health services. It is a periodic, voluntary and reserved evaluation method that seeks to ensure the quality of the assistance by means of previously established standards. Different hospital accreditation models coexist in Brazil, the most used are: the model of the Organização Nacional de Acreditação (ONA), and one proposed by the Joint Commission International (JCI). It is worth mentioning that, in the universe of hospital institutions in the country, a small number is credited, most of them being private. In view of the above, the present study aims to evaluate the importance of the Accreditation Process in the Military Hospitals of the Brazilian Army. Considering health as a multiplier of the potential of Combat of the Force, Military Health has a relevant role in the face of the alteration of the national political scenario and the types of missions that have come to play in the last years, therefore, the study is of great relevance for the land force. It is a bibliographical research, with a descriptive and qualitative approach. It was verified that it would be of great importance to insert the Military Hospitals of the Army Area into accreditation programs, since such establishment occurs through systematic tools and techniques, so that the management process reaches a rational and strategic vision of quality, with decisions aimed at the continuous improvement of processes and products, that is, of the assistance.