Magrabi Hospital and Center, Riyadh, achieved an exceptional percentage in the evaluation of the International Commission on Hospital Accreditation (JCI), which amounted to 99.5%, as this percentage was not recorded before in passing the evaluation of the application and achievement of the highest standards of quality and patient safety.   Magrabi Hospitals and Centers is the most prominent and oldest medical institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was established in 1955 as an eye hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and as the first specialized hospital in the Middle East and North Africa. In addition, Magrabi Hospitals and Centers is the first in the Middle East to introduce the principle of subspecialties in ophthalmology.  

What is “JCI” accreditation?

The International Commission on Hospital Accreditation (JCI) is a non-profit organization and is the largest in the world that works to improve the quality of health care, in order to ensure the provision of all standards of quality, leadership, and credibility in the field of health care at the global level, as well as maintaining patient safety and improving the quality of Healthcare in the international community, by providing education, publications, advisory services, and international accreditation and certification.   The International Commission on Hospital Accreditation (JCI) collaborates with hospitals, clinics, academic medical centers, health systems and agencies, government ministries, academia and international advocates in more than 100 countries around the world, with the aim of enhancing standards of care and providing solutions to achieve peak performance, by setting many standards that It was specifically designed by the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation to measure the quality and safety of medical service and healthcare provided to patients.