Accreditation Trends in Indian Healthcare 2025 — What’s Changing

Healthcare accreditation in India is evolving rapidly. Understanding the emerging trends helps facilities plan their quality journeys strategically.

The Indian healthcare accreditation landscape in 2025 looks significantly different from just five years ago. Several major trends are reshaping how facilities approach quality and accreditation.

1. ISO 15189:2022 Transition Deadline

All labs previously accredited under ISO 15189:2012 must transition to ISO 15189:2022. This is creating significant demand for transition support and is driving many labs to engage consultants for the first time.

2. Ayushman Bharat Driving Lab Accreditation

The PM-JAY scheme has made NABL accreditation a practical business necessity for labs serving government scheme patients. This has dramatically increased accreditation rates in Tier 2 and 3 cities.

3. Digital Health and NABH Digital Health Standards

NABH has introduced Digital Health Standards for hospitals, covering HMIS, EHR, and telemedicine. Hospitals seeking to demonstrate cutting-edge quality are beginning to pursue this alongside standard NABH accreditation.

4. Point-of-Care Testing Quality

The explosion of POCT in Indian healthcare — glucometers, bedside troponin, rapid diagnostic tests — is bringing quality scrutiny to areas that were previously unregulated. ISO 15189:2022 explicitly covers POCT.

5. Medical Tourism Driving Premium Accreditation

India’s growing medical tourism sector is driving interest in JCI and CAP accreditation among top-tier hospitals and labs. NABH accreditation is increasingly seen as the minimum standard, with JCI as the premium tier.

6. Small City Expansion

With Tier 1 cities becoming saturated with accredited facilities, growth is accelerating in Tier 2 and 3 cities — exactly where Ease Care Consultancy operates from our Pilibhit, UP office.