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However, the best healthcare systems combine professional (clinical) service excellence with outstanding personal service. Although health care in the United States is touted as the “world’s largest service industry,” the quality of the service is infrequently discussed in medical literature. [2] Thus, many questions regarding service ...
UNC Rex Hospital is one of 18 hospitals to receive straight A’s since the inception of the Hospital Safety Grades. In spring 2023, there were 20 hospitals with that honor. In spring 2023, there ...
A patient safety organization (PSO) is a group, institution, or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors.Common functions of patient safety organizations are data collection, analysis, reporting, education, funding, and advocacy.
Hospital accreditation is required in order to be eligible for Medicare patient coverage. [2] Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) International [50] Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - based in the United States [51] American Accreditation Commission International (AACI) - based in the United States
Hospital accreditation has been defined as “A self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by health care organizations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards and to implement ways to continuously improve”. [1]
ISQua is a small non-profit limited company with members in over 70 countries. ISQua works to provide services to guide health professionals, providers, researchers, agencies, policy makers and consumers, to achieve excellence in healthcare delivery to all people, and to continuously improve the quality and safety of care.
In 2008, 2009 & 2010 Presence St. Mary's Hospital received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from Health Grades, as well as their Pulmonary Care Excellence Award in 2010. And in 2011, it became one of 94 hospitals in the United States to receive the American College of Cardiology Foundation's NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Silver Performance ...
Discovering that patient safety had become a frequent topic for journalists, health care experts, and the public, it was harder to see overall improvements on a national level. What was noteworthy was the impact on attitudes and organizations. Few health care professionals now doubted that preventable medical injuries were a serious problem.