works to improve patient safety and quality of health care in the international community by offering education, publications, advisory services, and international accreditation and certification. In more than 100 countries, JCI partners with hospitals, clinics, and academic medical centers, health systems and agencies, government ministries, academia, and international advocates to promote rigorous standards of care and to provide solutions for achieving peak performance.

Assessment Mechanism (RADAR Logic or Methodology)
The assessment mechanism for organizations participating in the EFQM is based on RADAR Methodology, which is the tool used in the excellence model at the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).
The RADAR Methodology can be used in several areas, most common among those is what is known as assessment or self-assessment.
The RADAR Logic - A dynamic assessment framework and management tool that gives a structured approach to assessing how your organization is performing:

MODEL CRITERIA (Applicable To Any Organization )
The beauty of the Model is that it can be applied to any organisation, regardless of size, sector or maturity. It is non-prescriptive and it takes into account a number of different concepts. It provides a common language that enables our members to effectively share their knowledge and experience, both inside and outside their own organisation. It ensures that all the management practices used by an organisation form a coherent system that is continually improved and delivers the intended strategy for the organization.

The fundamental concepts of Excellence (achieving sustainable excellence)
The Fundamental Concepts of Excellence outline the foundation for achieving sustainable excellence in any organization. They can be used as the basis to describe the attributes of an excellent organizational culture.

They also serve as a common language for top management.

These eight Concepts have been identified through a rigorous process that included benchmarking globally, searching extensively for emerging management trends and, last but not least, a series of interviews with senior executives from a cross-section of industries operating across Europe. Each of the Concepts is important in its own right but maximum benefit is
achieved when an organization can integrate them all into its culture.