Exclusive international arm of CIHQ · Since 1999

Global standards.
Local context.
One pathway.

CIHQ International helps hospital leaders increase recognition, simplify certification, and connect value-based healthcare with Clinical Documentation Integrity through one flexible ecosystem.

AI-backed. Human-led. In Service of the Human™

The CIHQI Promise

Less burden. Greater confidence. Stronger trust.

Less burden for leaders

One coordinated pathway reduces duplicate evidence requests, disconnected workstreams, and competing timelines.

Greater confidence for those who serve

Clear standards, readiness support, independent review, and evidence leaders can defend.

Stronger trust of those we serve

Credible assurance for patients, staff, boards, ministries, and partners that improvement is real.

Hospital clinicians collaborating with a tablet in a modern care setting

Built for hospital leaders

Global standards that respect local context.

CIHQI works alongside C-suite, quality, and clinical teams internationally, coordinating pathways so recognition, documentation, and governance don’t compete for the same people.

Five lens pathways

Choose the lens. Build the pathway.

Use one pathway, combine several, or align CIHQI with your current vendors. Education and individual certification support every lens.

Lens 01

QSE & Person-Centered Care

Quality, safety, experience, and person-centered care aligned into one improvement pathway.

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Lens 02

Value-Based Healthcare + CDI

Outcomes, experience, cost, access, and Clinical Documentation Integrity connected to measurable value.

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Lens 03

AI Trust™ Certification

Independent, evidence-based AI governance certification for responsible AI adoption.

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Lens 04

Leadership & C-Suite Alignment

Former healthcare executives helping leaders turn insight into action and accountability.

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Lens 05 · In development

Environmental Sustainability & Resilience

The next frontier of healthcare governance: sustainability, resilience, and responsible operations.

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Flagship pathway · Lens 02

Value-Based Healthcare + CDI

Connect outcomes, experience, cost, access, and Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) to improve measurable value and financial performance.

Includes

  • Value measurement & insight-to-action routines
  • CDI training and optimization
  • Financial and operational performance
  • Leadership education & advisory support

How it works

Assess. Achieve. Advance.

A simple rhythm from evidence to recognition to sustained change.

01

Assess

Baseline performance, readiness, evidence, documentation integrity, and risk.

02

Achieve

Close the gaps that matter, with less duplication across standards and vendors.

03

Advance

Build capability, monitoring, and leadership rhythm so excellence holds.

AI Trust™ Certified, Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality

AI Trust™ Certification

Contextual AI governance for healthcare.

Verify that governance, oversight, inventory, controls, monitoring, escalation, and renewal are structured and operating.

  • Governance structure and accountable ownership
  • AI inventory, risk classification, and approved-use pathways
  • Controls, monitoring, escalation, incident response, and renewal
What it does not verify Individual algorithms or clinical efficacy · Regulatory approval or legal judgment · Replacement of organizational accountability

Who we are

A coordinated ecosystem for the work healthcare leaders already own.

Built on CIHQ’s foundation since 1999. Flexible by design: use one ecosystem member, combine several, or align with your current vendors.

CIHQ

Quality & safety: CMS deeming authority since 1999.

Picker Analytics

Person-centered care frameworks and experience measurement.

Sterling International

Baldrige performance excellence worldwide.

AnalytAIX

AI tools, governance enablement, and implementation support.

Bridging Insights

C-suite operators: from findings through implementation.

CSH

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: resilience and SusQI capability.

About CIHQI

Leadership

Leaders across the CIHQI ecosystem.

Adrianna Sperkacz

Adrianna Sperkacz

CIHQ International: Global healthcare strategy and experience.

Richard Rick Curtis

Richard “Rick” Curtis

CIHQ: Accreditation and CMS survey discipline.

Traci Curtis

Traci Curtis

CIHQ: Regulatory compliance and survey preparation.

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Picker: Person-centred care and experience measurement.

Vishal Bhalla

Vishal Bhalla

AnalytAIX: Responsible AI and QSE insight.

Col. Noel Zamot

Col. Noel Zamot

AnalytAIX: Defense, regulated industry, and mission-critical systems.

Lara Burnside

Lara Burnside

Bridging Insights: Insight to measurable action.

Dr. Alaa A. El-Halwagy

Dr. Alaa A. El-Halwagy

Sterling International: Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework.

Phil Stylianides

Phil Stylianides

Picker: Survey delivery and person-centred improvement at scale.

Clinician offering compassionate care to a patient

In Service of the Human™

Recognition that still puts people first.

Every pathway is built so standards, documentation, and governance strengthen care for patients and the teams who serve them, not just the binder.

Next step

Build one roadmap with CIHQI.

Tell us your goals, market, vendors, and priorities. We’ll map the right pathway, starting with VBH + CDI or any lens that fits.