The Ministry of Health's Care of Patient Standards vs. Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Care of Patient

care of patient is a complex function; then the care givers must establish standards and criteria for delivery and evaluation of care of patient. Along this fact, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has considered the international standards for care of patient (COP) in the hospital accreditation program; on the otherwise we must use international experiences for promotion of national hospital standards. So this research conducted to depict eaknesses of national care of patient standards in comparison with international one. In this descriptive-comparative study the Joint Commission's COP standards (70 statements) were compared with MOH's hospital standards (43 questions). Data collection methods were use of available information on the internet (Joint Commission's COP standards) and the relevant references (MOH's standards). Data were collected using seven checklists based on the joint commission COP standards and were analyzed with comparative tables and descriptive statistical methods. Final collation of MOH's standards for hospitals and the Joint Commission's COP standards (43 questions versus 70 statements) showed that the former covered 13 statements (18.6 %) of the joint commission completely, covered 20 statements (28.6 %) partially, and did not cover the remaining 37 statements (52.8 %) at all. In other words, correspondence of MOH's hospital standardswith those of Joint Commission was 18.6 % completely, 28.6 % partially and 52.8 % with out any correspondence. In general Ministry Of Health's COP standards have been very weak from the point of compilation, quantity and content.According to philosophy of healthcare organizations and importance of qualified healthcares services; it is necessary to reform national care of patient standards.