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).
SNQ and ICHOM collaborate as equal international partners, with complementary expertise that reinforces one another.
Working together to advance the development and adoption of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC).
A shared commitment to continuously improving healthcare quality and patient safety — laying a globally aligned quality-assessment foundation for Taiwan's healthcare institutions.
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.
The foundational conditions of quality: clinical teams, facilities, and institutional systems.
How care processes are carried out, and how patient safety is managed.
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.
SNQ refers and coaches Taiwan's medical specialties — together building a complete framework for assessing healthcare quality and health outcomes.
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.
Review of the raw materials and ingredient sources of nutritional supplements.
Actual content must fall within ±10% of the stated value.
Covering more than 270 banned substances and heavy metals.
Unannounced GMP audits of the manufacturing process ensure consistent quality.
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.
For products that pass SNQ Nutritional Health Supplements certification, the quality and safety review is directly recognized by NSF.
Treated as completion of NSF's core review process, substantially reducing duplicated documentation and testing costs.
Accelerating the entry of Taiwan's nutritional supplements into international markets.
Making Taiwan's excellence in quality a standard the world can trust.