Who we are

CAHO is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering quality initiatives in Indian healthcare settings through focused events, courses, workshops, and training programs.

We firmly believe that accreditation marks the initiation of a quality journey. Our mission is to methodically instill and propagate the essence of quality in healthcare at the grassroots level, fostering a culture of safety within healthcare organizations.

As a collective association of healthcare institutions, diagnostics centers, and individuals, we synergize our resources to achieve shared objectives in promoting quality, patient safety, and accreditation. Serving as the driving force for continuous quality improvement, we actively collaborate with all stakeholders to embark on a journey beyond accreditation.

Vision

To be an admired global leader transforming healthcare quality and safety

Purpose

Working together for safer healthcare and add value to all stakeholders

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CAHO Objectives

COMMUNICATION FORUMS

To maintain a database of all members and ensure communication forums are established for interaction and feedback on a regular basis. Also, to collaborate with any agency and/or organization engaged in work of a similar nature.
To create an ecosystem of sharing anonymized information and also to create consensus documents and white papers.

QUALITY MOVEMENT

To promote nationwide quality movement in healthcare, aimed at creating awareness among citizens and empowering them to demand quality accreditation in healthcare services.
To establish systems of evaluating & credentialing healthcare institutions & professionals in the field of quality & patient safety.
To promote adoption of technology solutions to promote quality, efficiency and patient safety.

CAPACITY BUILDING

To undertake capacity building initiatives in the area of healthcare quality & safety through education and skill building programs.
To create training programs to enhance skills especially in the field of quality and to create an army of quality implementers.
To provide mentorship to non- accredited healthcare institutions & diagnostic centres in India.

RESEARCH & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

To promote and undertake research activities and establish benchmarks in the area of healthcare quality.
To create training programs to enhance skills especially in the field of quality and to create an army of quality implementers. To establish a repository of best international/national practices and guidelines including clinical indicators.
To create a "Resource Centre" to help all member organizations to access credible educational material.

SUPPORT PATIENT CENTRIC HEALTH

To assist in dissemination of clinical outcomes to support value-based health or customer/patient centric health.
To interact and involve in healthcare quality improvement initiatives and policy decisions of central & state governments.
To assist developing “Patients For Patients Safety Initiative”

PROMOTE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CHAMPIONS

To introduce continuous quality improvement and patient safety measures by recognizing healthcare institutions & diagnostic centres as Centres of Quality Promotion (CQPs).
To organize national & international events both within & outside the country to promote quality, patient safety & accreditation.

FEEDBACK TO ACCREDITATION BODIES

To act as an umbrella of collective wisdom to provide feedback to national or international accreditation bodies on the expectations of the industry.
To share constructive concerns with national & international accreditation bodies with respect to the assessment and accreditation processes, with a view to improve the overall effectiveness and efficacy.

PROMOTE ACCREDITATION

To promote accreditation to enhance the country's potential for Medical Tourism and help establish Indian healthcare industry as a preferred destination among neighbouring countries.
To liaise with agencies like CGHS, ECHS, and Insurance to promote the cause of accredited healthcare institutions & diagnostic centres.
To undertake additional initiatives if requested by stakeholders from time to time

PATRONS

Dr Girdhar J Gyani

Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI)
Dr. Venkatesh Thuppil

CEO & Director, Foundation for Quality India (FQI)
Dr. Alexander Thomas

Founder President, CAHO, President, AHPI
AM Dr Pawan Kapoor, AVSM, VSM & Bar Retd.

Former Director General Medical Services (Air)
Dr. MI Sahadulla

Chairman & Managing Director, KIMSHEALTH
Dr. Nagendra Swamy S. C

Founder Chairman, Medisync Health Management Services

Founder Members

Dr. Girdhar Gyani

New Delhi (Delhi)
Dr. Alexander Thomas

Bangalore (Karnataka)
Dr. Vijay Agrawal

Noida (Uttar Pradesh)
Dr. Arati Verma

New Delhi (Delhi)
Mrs. Upasana Arora

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)
Dr. Prem kumar Nair

Kochi (Kerala)
Dr. Nabin Pattnaik

New Delhi (Delhi)
Dr. Govind Hari

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
Dr. Aninda Chatterjee

Kolkata (West Bengal)
Dr. Gurbir Singh

Mohali (Punjab)
Dr. Barnali Das

Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Past Governing Committee

2024-2026

CAHO Central

Dr. Vijay Agarwal

President
Dr. Lallu Joseph

Secretary General
Dr. Sankar Sengupta

Vice President
Dr. Narin Sehgal

Finance Secretary

Zonal Chairman

Dr. Shweta Prabhakar

North Zone
Dr. Jeet Patwari

East Zone
Dr. Parag Rindani

West Zone
Dr. Atul Kapoor

Central Zone
Mr. Renjith Krishnan

South Zone

State Chairman

Mr. Gaurav Loria

Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Hemanta Kumar Phukan

Assam
Dr. Satyajit Kumar Singh

Bihar
Dr. Shrutica Tamrakar
Dr. Bijal Kapadia

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Mr. Satish Kumar

Delhi
Dr. Anil Kumar Chillimuntha

Gujarat
Dr Manjushri Sharma

Haryana
Dr Meeta Gupta

Jammu & Kashmir
Dr. Santosh Kumar

Jharkhand
Mrs Rashmi Srivastava

Karnataka
Mrs Gracy Mathai

Kerala
Dr. Abhishek Jinwal

Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Sushila Kawade

Maharashtra
Dr Asit Kumar Debbath
Dr. Pramod Paharia

Meghalaya
Mr. Pelezoto Pius Kikhi

Nagaland
Dr Soumyakanta Satpathy

Odisha
Dr. Arjun Thayumana Sundaram

Pondicherry
Dr Naveen Chitkara

Punjab
Dr Nihar Bhatia

Rajasthan
Mr Adel J

Tamil Nadu
Mr Devananda Kolothodi

Telangana
Dr. Saurabh Raha

Uttar Pradesh
Mr. Sudip Dey

West Bengal

Healthcare Institutional

Fr. Johnson Vazhappilly CMI

Chairman
Dr Mukesh Shrivastava

Associate Hospitals/ Institutions
Mrs. Bharathi Reddy

Vice Chairman

Dr S K Mahaboob Basha

Associate Hospitals/ Institutions
Dr Bipin Chevale

Secretary
Dr Arjun K R

Representatives- Dental Facilities
Dr Divya S

Representatives - Entry Level Hospitals
Dr Poorna Chandran V

Representatives- HCOs (South)
Dr Mamta Kaurani

Representatives- Government Hospitals
Dr. Ashish Shukla

Representatives- HCOs (Central)
Dr. Shruti Agarwal

Representatives- HCOs (North)
Mr. Peter Z. Sailo Kharsaithiang

Representatives- HCOs (East)
Dr. Soniya Bhagat

Representatives- HCOs (West)
Prof. Dr. T. Nirmal Fredrick

Representatives- SHCOs
Mr. Sravan Kumar

Representatives- SHCOs
Mr Justin Babu

Representatives- Asansol
Dr Soumya S M

Representatives- Bangalore
Mrs Gayathri Sandeep

Representatives- Chennai
Dr Pinkulal Karan
Dr Vijayalakshmi Gopakumar

Representatives- Kanpur
Ms Dhanya Michael

Representatives- Kochi
Ms Sunanda Banerjee

Representatives- Kolkata
Dr Malathi Murugesan

Representatives- Madurai
Dr Arindam Kar

Representatives- Mumbai
Dr Balamurugan Krishnan

Representatives- Thanjavur
Dr A. Francis Roy

Representatives- Tirunelveli
Mrs Payal Thakker

Representatives- Vadodara
Mr Dhanista Battula

Representatives- Vijayawada
Dr. Parth Desai

Co-opted Member
Dr. Priyanka Barua

Co-opted Member

Diagnostic Centres

Dr. Aparna Jairam

Chairman
Dr. R Ravikumar

Vice Chairman
Dr. Vineeta Kothari

Secretary

Dr. Bikash Chaudhury

Representatives- Clinical Biochemistry
Dr Desai Vidya Sripad

Representatives- Clinical Biochemistry (Public Hospitals)
Dr Rajendra Surpam

Representatives- Clinical Microbiology & Serology
Dr Ramakrishna Pai J

Representatives- Clinical Microbiology & Serology (Public Hospitals)
Dr Zubair Hasan

Representatives- Clinical Pathology
Dr Preeti Bajaj

Representatives- Cytopathology
Dr Kunal Sehgal

Representatives- Flow Cytometry
Dr Anila Mathan

Representatives- Hematology
Dr Yoganand Patil

Representatives- Blood Bank
Dr Simi Bhatia

Representatives- Histology
Dr Manisha Mishra

Representatives- Central Zone
Dr Reema Bahr

Representatives- North Zone
Dr Susruta Sen

Representatives- East Zone
Dr. Jayalakshmi Jayarajan

Representatives- South Zone
Dr. Barnali Das

Representatives- West
Dr Raksha K

Co-opted Member
Dr Ashvini Sengupta

Co-opted Member
Dr Sourav Maiti

Co-opted Member
Dr Santwana Vernekar

Co-opted Member