The Private Hospitals Association (PHA) is a private, voluntary,
non-profit organization
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that was established in 1984, representing the private hospitals in
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
. Its membership is open to all private hospitals in
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
.
PHA applies quality standards and general guidelines on its members in order to maintain and perhaps raise the Jordanian
health care
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reputation. Recently, the association applied the national accreditation program to all medical sectors that belong to the association. And now, Jordan’s
high tech
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hospitals, such as the Specialty Hospital, the
Arab Medical Centre,
Al Khalidi Medical Center and many others, with their high class healthcare at costs significantly less than those of Europe and the US, gained the PHA a high reputation for its work and progress for reaching its aim.
Aim
PHA main aim is for the hospitals that are members of its association become globally competitive with the medical service that they offer. With that aim in mind, PHA attempt to make the Jordanian hospitals to become amongst the medical service leaders on a global level.
History
The Private Hospitals Association was founded in 1984, the idea of the association was founded when the private hospitals in
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
needed to have a united front and sort their demands when approaching the government. The association did not have an immediate impact, since it started weak and with only 8 members. Recently, the PHA became an admirable association with 48 members, and their achievements were widely recognized and proved influential on the public, mainly, under the guidance of their chairman Dr.
Fawzi Al-Hammouri.
USAID-funded SABEQ Program
USAID
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian United States foreign aid, foreign aid and development assistance.
Established in 19 ...
-funded Sustainable Achievement of Business Expansion and Quality program (SABEQ) is a five year broad
economic development
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initiative implemented by
BearingPoint
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The firm origi ...
Inc. and a team of international and Jordanian partner firms. By both supporting improvements in the business environment and offering assistance to increase productivity in Jordanian medical services' businesses, it supports the primary objective of building up the private medical sector as a high profile powerful engine of
economic growth
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.
[private hospital
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with the PHA in October 2007. Ever since the program started, the PHA have received support in various forms, most of the support was directed towards technical assistance.