Memorial Hospital News
Memorial Home Health earns national accreditation
17-Jan-2012
Memorial Hospital’s Memorial Home Health service line has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in home care. The accreditation award recognizes Memorial Home Health’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state of the art standards.
Memorial Home Health underwent a rigorous unannounced on-site survey in November 2011. A team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated Memorial Home Health for compliance with standards of care specific to the needs of patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management.
Carrie Drown,
M.S.N., M.B.A.,
Director,
Memorial Home Health
"With Joint Commission accreditation, we are making a significant investment in quality on a day-to-day basis from the top down. Joint Commission accreditation provides us a framework to take our organization to the next level and helps create a culture of excellence,” says Carrie Drown, M.S.N., M.B.A., director of Memorial Home Health.
Established in 1988, The Joint Commission’s Home Care Accreditation Program accredits more than 5,600 organizations. The Joint Commission’s standards address the home care organization’s performance in specific areas, and specify requirements to ensure that patient care and services are provided in a safe manner. The Joint Commission develops its standards in consultation with health care experts, providers and researchers, as well as measurement experts, purchasers and consumers.
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 18,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States; it is the nation's largest and oldest standards setting and accrediting body in health care.
According to Drown, the Joint Commission accreditation is one more demonstration of the quality care provided by Memorial Home Health, in a year of successes for the Memorial Hospital service line. “In addition to achieving Joint Commission accreditation, Memorial Home Health was named to the 2011 HomeCare Elite and earned a deficiency free inspection from the Ohio Department of Health in 2011,” stated Drown.
The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval is one of the most important accreditations a health care agency can earn. According to Margherita Labson, R.N., executive director, Home Care Accreditation, The Joint Commission. "In achieving Joint Commission accreditation, Memorial Home Health has demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of care for its patients."
Memorial Home Health has been serving Sandusky Count and its surrounding communities since 1984; it is a service provided by Memorial Hospital in Fremont. For more information, visit memorialhcs.org/home-health.
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