Bottom line up front: Independently published quality data exists beyond any single hospital's own marketing — knowing where to look and how to interpret it gives you a more objective picture than a facility's self-description alone.
Where independent data comes from
- JCI's own accreditation directory — the most directly verifiable, facility-specific accreditation status
- Instituto Nacional de Salud — publishes national infection-rate and quality surveillance data
- ICONTEC's acreditación registry — confirms whether a facility holds Colombia's voluntary national quality certification
How to interpret what you find
1
Confirm the data is facility-specific, not a general national statistic
A national infection-rate average doesn't tell you about one specific hospital.
2
Check the data's recency
Accreditation and quality data should be current, not several years old.
3
Cross-reference against the facility's own claims
A facility's marketing should match what's independently verifiable — discrepancies are worth asking about directly.
See colombiamedical.co for links to current accreditation resources for the network's partner facilities.
The Takeaway
Independent, publicly available quality data exists — use it alongside, not instead of, a facility's own claims for a fuller picture.