IBMI · SNQ GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

SNQ — Aligned with International Quality Standards

SNQ (Symbol of National Quality) is built on a foundation of scientific evidence, establishing a quality-certification system that spans two major fields: healthcare services and health products. Today, SNQ has formed international partnerships with ICHOM and NSF, together building a quality-assessment framework for value-based healthcare and the health-products industry.

GLOBAL CERTIFICATION PARTNERS
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SNQ × ICHOM PARTNERSHIP

Healthcare Institution Services

Toward a Global Benchmark in Healthcare Quality

ICHOM (International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement) is a leading international organization in the measurement of health outcomes. Its accreditation centers on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).

GLOBAL RECOGNITION
ICHOM accreditation is one of the assessment measures in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals ranking
Equal, complementary partners

SNQ and ICHOM collaborate as equal international partners, with complementary expertise that reinforces one another.

Advancing value-based healthcare

Working together to advance the development and adoption of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC).

Quality & patient-safety commitment

A shared commitment to continuously improving healthcare quality and patient safety — laying a globally aligned quality-assessment foundation for Taiwan's healthcare institutions.

SNQ's healthcare-quality model

NEARLY 29 YEARS OF EVALUATION PRACTICE

At its core, SNQ applies a healthcare-quality model built on three dimensions — Structure, Process, and Outcome — assessing the quality system as a whole, including clinical teams, care processes, and patient safety.

01 STRUCTURE
Structure

The foundational conditions of quality: clinical teams, facilities, and institutional systems.

02 PROCESS
Process

How care processes are carried out, and how patient safety is managed.

03 OUTCOME
Outcome

Within this dimension, PROMs form an essential part — the very area of ICHOM's expertise.

SNQ's evidence-based quality data and ICHOM's PROMs standards connect and reinforce one another, together forming a complete picture of healthcare quality and health outcomes.

FROM 2026

The two organizations collaborate as partners

SNQ refers and coaches Taiwan's medical specialties — together building a complete framework for assessing healthcare quality and health outcomes.

STEP 1
SNQ refers and coaches Taiwan's medical specialties
STEP 2
SNQ's evidence-based quality data is integrated with ICHOM's PROMs standards
STEP 3
Taiwanese clinical teams are coached to align with ICHOM accreditation
STEP 4
Connecting both parties' data makes the review process more seamless
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SNQ × NSF PARTNERSHIP

Nutritional Health Supplements

Building International Quality Standards for Health Products, Together

NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) is a globally recognized third-party certification body for health products, ensuring that products meet rigorous international standards for ingredient safety, quality consistency, and label accuracy.

SCOPE OF VERIFICATION
Ingredients

Review of the raw materials and ingredient sources of nutritional supplements.

±10%
Label-claim accuracy

Actual content must fall within ±10% of the stated value.

270+
Contaminant & banned-substance screening

Covering more than 270 banned substances and heavy metals.

Unannounced GMP audits

Unannounced GMP audits of the manufacturing process ensure consistent quality.

WHERE IT IS RECOGNIZED
Widely recognized by North American healthcare institutions
Recognized by professional sports organizations
A key third-party quality credential for entry into major retail channels such as CVS, Costco, and Amazon
2026 · MOU

SNQ signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NSF

Drawing on its comprehensive review system for the raw materials, manufacturing processes, quality management, and risk controls of nutritional supplements, SNQ signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NSF.

Directly recognized by NSF

For products that pass SNQ Nutritional Health Supplements certification, the quality and safety review is directly recognized by NSF.

Counted as NSF's core review

Treated as completion of NSF's core review process, substantially reducing duplicated documentation and testing costs.

Faster international market entry

Accelerating the entry of Taiwan's nutritional supplements into international markets.

FROM TAIWAN, TO THE WORLD

From Taiwan, Connecting to the World

Making Taiwan's excellence in quality a standard the world can trust.