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Health System meets Joint Commission standards

Awards and honors
03/02/2010

Moses Cone Health System has met The Joint Commission‘s national standards for healthcare quality and safety and has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™.

(This award excludes skilled nursing and nursing home services.)

"Moses Cone Health System works hard to provide high quality, safe care to every patient we treat," says Tim Rice, President and CEO, Moses Cone Health System. "Earning approval from outside groups such as The Joint Commission helps make sure that we are meeting the highest standards."

Joint Commission surveyors provide a comprehensive review of many areas from steps being taken to reduce the spread of hospital-based infections to making sure back-up power generators are routinely tested and in working order.

“Above all, the national standards are intended to stimulate continuous, systematic and organization-wide improvement in an organization’s performance and the outcomes of care,” says Mark Pelletier, Executive Director for Hospital Programs, Accreditation and Certification Services, The Joint Commission. “The community should be proud that Moses Cone Health System is focusing on the most challenging goal – to continuously raise quality and safety to higher levels.”

The Joint Commission conducted an unannounced, on-site evaluation of Moses Cone Health System in the fall of 2009. The accreditation award recognizes the Health System’s dedication to complying with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards on a continuous basis.

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Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of healthcare accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in healthcare organizations. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 8,000 hospitals and home care organizations and more than 6,800 other healthcare organizations that provide long-term care, assisted living, behavioral healthcare, laboratory and ambulatory care services. The Joint Commission also accredits health plans, integrated delivery networks and other managed care entities. In addition, The Joint Commission provides certification of disease-specific care programs, primary stroke centers and healthcare staffing services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare.

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