CIHQ
Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality
US-rooted quality and safety leadership with CMS deeming authority since 1999: accreditation discipline, survey readiness, and standards excellence that built the brand hospitals trust.
CIHQ International
Global standards. Local context. One pathway.
CIHQ International is the exclusive international arm of CIHQ, serving healthcare since 1999. We help hospital leaders increase recognition, simplify certification, and coordinate improvement through one flexible ecosystem.
CIHQ and CIHQI
Same heritage. Clear roles.
Leaders often ask how CIHQ and CIHQ International relate. Here’s the distinction, and why it matters for international hospitals.
CIHQ International
The exclusive international arm
Brings that heritage into global markets through coordinated pathways (Value-Based Healthcare + CDI, QSE, AI Trust™, leadership, and sustainability) with ecosystem partners who already serve hospital leaders.
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.
The ecosystem
A coordinated network for the work healthcare leaders already own.
Flexible by design: use one ecosystem member, combine several, or align CIHQI 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.
International by design
One ecosystem for the leaders who carry the work.
CIHQI coordinates partners and pathways so hospital teams can pursue recognition and improvement without rebuilding evidence for every audience.
Leadership
Leaders across the CIHQI ecosystem.
Next step
Build one roadmap with CIHQI.
Tell us your goals, market, vendors, and priorities. We’ll map the right pathway for your hospital.