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Integrating the Egyptian government excellence award (EGEA) with the Gahar standards for hospitals for sustainable excellence in Egyptian healthcare facilities
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The need to implement control standards and quality management in healthcare services have shown significant growth in recent decades to improve the management of these services and the satisfaction of their users. This will be achieved through creating a framework for implementing Egypt government excellence award in hospitals for sustainable services.
A quantitative phase using a questionnaire distributed to 206 healthcare provider from a sample of accredited and non-accredited hospitals to assess the extent to which Egypt government excellence award (EGEA) criteria are applied through the implementation of GAHAR Accreditation standards in Egyptian hospitals .This was followed by a qualitative phase in the form of focus group discussion including experts from EGEA to identify the gap between GAHAR accreditation criteria and the Egyptian Government Excellence Award model.
There was significant difference between GAHAR accredited and non-accredited hospitals regarding Egypt Government Excellence Award criteria a p value was < 0.05. focus group discussion analysis revealed that the strongest integration opportunity lies in quality and patient safety, as both frameworks prioritize this. Innovation and alignment with Egypt Vision 2030 were also recurring opportunities. dual implementation
increases complexity. Resource limitations and resistance to change are major challenges.
There is convergence between the accreditation model and the Egyptian excellence model, suggesting that accreditation helps the healthcare sector to implement the best management practices which presents in Egyptian excellence model.
Received on, 10 Janyuary 2026
Accepted on, 21 February 2026
Published on, 11 March 2026
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21622/AMPDR.2026.06.1.1894
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