1. ACCESS ASSESSMENT & CONTINUITY
OF CARE
AAC1
Defines &
Displays Services
AAC2
Registration, Admission
& Transfer process
AAC3
Established Initial
Assessment
AAC4
Regular
Reassessment
AAC5
Lab Services & its
safety Program
AAC6
Imaging Services & its
Safety Program
AAC7
Defined Discharge
Process
2. AAC-1 DEFINE AND DISPLAY
► SCOPE OF SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE HOSPITAL HAS TO BE DETAILED
► EXAMPLE:
► GENERAL MEDICINE
► SERVICE PROVIDED ARE
► DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF COMMON COLD, FEVER AND COUGH
► DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE
► DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE
► FOR EACH SCOPE, FOLLOWING WOULD BE ASSESSED:
► CREDENTIAL CONSULTANT
► FACILITIES LIKE ECG, TMT, 2D ECHO
► STAFF NURSE (GNM/BSC WITH COUNCIL REGISTRATION)
► ICU/HDU FACILITIES WITH EQUIPMENTS
3. AAC-2 Registration, Admission &
Transfer process
► Documented procedures are used for registering and admitting out
patients, in patients and emergency patients.
► Procedures also address managing patients during non-availability
of beds.
► Patients are accepted only if the Eye care organization can provide
the required service.
► Process addresses mechanism for transfer or referral of patients who
do not match the organization resources.
► Access to the healthcare services in the organization is prioritized
according to the clinical needs of the patient.
► The staff are aware of these processes.
4.
5. step 3
► Results in a
documented
care plan.
step 2
► who can
perform the
assessment
with defined
time frame
AAC-3 Initial assessment
step 1
► out–patients,
in-patients
and
emergency
patients.
8. AAC-6 Ophthalmic Services
► Scope of the Ophthalmic Diagnostic and imaging services is
commensurate to the services provided by the Eye care
organization.
► The infrastructure (physical and equipment) and manpower is
adequate to provide for its defined scope of services.
► Ophthalmic Diagnostic and Imaging tests not available in the Eye
care organization are outsourced to other Eye care organization(s)
in the same city/town based on their quality assurance system.
