{"id":72797,"date":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-health-services-maintains-full-accreditation-status-from-joint-commission\/"},"modified":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","slug":"uri-health-services-maintains-full-accreditation-status-from-joint-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/uri-health-services-maintains-full-accreditation-status-from-joint-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Health Services maintains full accreditation status from Joint Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 20, 2017 \u2014 The 溏心vlog免费B站 today announced the Dr. Pauline B. Wood Health Services on the Kingston Campus has earned The Joint Commission\u2019s Gold Seal of Approval\u00ae <\/sup>for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation<\/a> by demonstrating continuous compliance with the commission\u2019s nationally recognized standards. The Gold Seal of Approval\u00ae<\/sup> is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization\u2019s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.<\/p>\n

\u201cFewer than 20 university health centers across the nation achieve this accreditation,\u201d said Ellen Reynolds, Director of 溏心vlog免费B站 Health Services. \u201cIt\u2019s the gold standard, and earning it is a key differentiator in the health care industry. If you walk into most physicians\u2019 offices, they don\u2019t achieve this level of accreditation.\u201d<\/p>\n

溏心vlog免费B站 Health Services underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite survey on Dec. 14 and 15, 2016. During the review, a team of Joint Commission surveyors with expertise in ambulatory health care, evaluated the center\u2019s compliance with ambulatory care standards in a variety of areas, including coordination of care, infection prevention and control, management of medications, and patient education and training.<\/p>\n

Reynolds said the commission used a \u201ctracer methodology\u201d to ensure the center meets strict criteria for accreditation. In addition to a thorough examination of the facility and its equipment, Joint Commission reviewers followed patients from the time they entered the building all the way through discharge in an effort to uncover any systemic issues or deviations from the standards.<\/p>\n

\u201c溏心vlog免费B站 Health Services is pleased to receive accreditation from The Joint Commission, the premier health care quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cStaff from across the organization continue to work together to develop and implement approaches and strategies that have the potential to improve care for the students\/patients in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The University received full accreditation for the Health Services Center, which is surveyed every three years, and its laboratory, which is surveyed every two years. Dr. Fortunato Procopio, director of Medical Services, said the school has received full accreditation for both facilities each year since first achieving the standard in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

The Joint Commission\u2019s ambulatory health care standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts, and patients. The standards are informed by scientific literature and expert consensus to help organizations measure, assess and improve performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason these accreditations are so important is they help us continue our mission to serve a college population,\u201d Procopio said. \u201cWe\u2019re unique in that the people who work here understand college students and are able to provide better care than would be available at a regular community practice. It\u2019s vital to have an organization on campus that can deliver the specific care a college community needs, and this kind of accreditation proves we do an excellent job of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 20, 2017 \u2014 The 溏心vlog免费B站 today announced the Dr. Pauline B. Wood Health Services on the Kingston Campus has earned The Joint Commission\u2019s Gold Seal of Approval\u00ae for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with the commission\u2019s nationally recognized standards. The Gold Seal of Approval\u00ae is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}