Collaboration Achieves Perfect Score in Patient Protection
Today, approximately 82 percent of the nation’s hospitals are accredited by The Joint Commission, an organization helping set standards for health care organizations to expand health care safety.
Today, approximately 82 percent of the nation’s hospitals are accredited by The Joint Commission, an organization helping set standards for health care organizations to expand health care safety. To advance fire and life safety systems and maintain accreditation, hospitals must undergo rigorous, unannounced on-site surveys conducted by an Environment of Care surveyor. Evaluation is based on the following:
When SSM St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, Miss., opened its doors in 2009 it became the first full-service hospital built in St. Louis County in 35 years. The SSM Health Care – St. Louis network of seven hospitals has a strong presence in the region, and is consistently recognized by The Joint Commission for its record in accreditation. So after opening, SSM St. Clare Health Center requested accreditation from The Joint Commission to take its organization to the next level of patient care and safety and maintain its focus of providing safe, high-quality health care.