Companies from UAE, Philippines, Singapore, and India compete in an international award that
The Philippines’ largest healthcare network presented how Best Practices in Benchmarking can
promotes industry best practices
save millions of lives, and won accordingly
The Medical City (TMC), the largest healthcare network in the Philippines with international presence in the US
territory of Guam and the Middle East and on-going projects in Southeast Asia, has won the fourth Global
Benchmarking Award.
The Global Benchmarking Award is an international recognition bestowed upon those who have successfully
promoted industry best practices that lead to superior performance. Other organisations including UAE’s Al
Jazeera Catering International, Singapore’s Global Indian International School, and India’s Yes Bank competed
in the award, which forms an integral part of the ninth edition of the International Benchmarking Conference, held
in Dubai.
The Award was designed by Benchmarking Partnerships (Australia), BestPrax Club (India), and COER (New
Zealand) on behalf of the Global Benchmarking Network. Previous winners include New Zealand’s Watson Real
Estate Limited in 2012; UAE’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority in 2013; and Singapore’s OCBC
Bank in 2014.
The eight-minute award-winning presentation was given by Teresa Bagaman, Head of Network Quality
Management at TMC, titled “The Medical City Story: Touching & Saving a Million Lives through Best Practices
Benchmarking” and adjudged by a jury.
“It is our great pleasure to receive this prestigious award,” Bagaman said. “In line with our goal to ensure that
each person who comes to TMC is assured of receiving healthcare services that are at par with the best
hospitals in the world, we consistently and continuously submit the hospital to the rigorous review and
accreditation process of bodies that set global benchmarks such as the Joint Commission International (JCI).”
Joint Commission International (JCI) – the world’s most prestigious accrediting body for healthcare organisations
– has accredited TMC for the fourth time. TMC secured this accreditation, even receiving perfect scores in the
critical standards on Patient and Family Rights, Access to Care and Continuity of Care, Care of Patients, and
Governance, Leadership and Direction, and Staff Qualifications and Education.
TMC is also the first hospital in the Philippines to receive a certification from JCI for its heart attack (Acute
Myocardial Infarction) programme.
Dr Robert Camp, Honorary Life-time President, Global Benchmarking Network, said: “Benchmarking is the
search for industry best practices that lead to superior performance. This definition concentrates on achieving
superior performance. In this regard it pursues the best of the best practices, best of class, or best of breed.”
“That is, those best practices that are to be pursued regardless of where they exist – in one’s own company,
industry, or outside one’s industry. It is only this view that will ensure superiority rather than parity,” he added.
Bagaman added: “TMC understands the importance of benchmarking in finding more efficiency and better
solutions. We have continuously strived to remain true to our commitment to implement organisational
excellence across our networks, and we are pleased to say that we have now adopted the best processes from
various global corporations.”
The Medical City has recently opened its first polyclinic in Dubai in partnership with Kuwait’s SAMA Medical
Services, with plans to expand its network across GCC.
“It is an honour to win the Global Benchmarking Award in Dubai as it reconfirms our vision of offering world-class
services to our patients and clients, both locally and internationally. It also reaffirms that our practices and
policies match those of international levels. This accolade indeed reflects our unique healthcare service
philosophy focusing on our patients as partners and our commitment to provide safe and effective patient care,”
said Dr Rebecca Desiderio, Chief Executive Officer, The Medical City, Dubai.
“We will continue to improve further so we stand, as a benchmark for companies, not merely in the healthcare
sector, but also in various other sectors,” she added.
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