Abstract
Quality in healthcare is known to be one of the significant areas. Healthcare accreditation standards are dedicated to improve clinical practice and organizational performance. Therefore, standard development, review and approval processes play crucial role in healthcare accreditation. Different accreditation systems exist to monitor the quality of medical services provided. Kazakhstan has its own National accreditation system. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MoH) is the only authorized body for national accreditation, as well as it assigns the Republican center for Healthcare Development (RCHD) as responsible organization for healthcare development. Accreditation Center of RCHD is one of the key organs that develops and reviews standards needed for accreditation, while MoH has key role in standard approval process. This paper is going to describe the implication of the Policy on development, review and approval of accreditation standards for healthcare organizations in Kazakhstan. Moreover, the limitations of the process will be discussed and recommendations will be presented.