CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for demonstrating compliance with the national accrediting body’s state-of-the-art standards for both hip replacements and knee replacements.
The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality reflecting an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care, and comes after a rigorous, on-site review at Thompson Hospital in April of this year.
Joint Commission experts were hosted by an interdisciplinary team that included not only Thompson staff members but surgeons from Canandaigua Orthopaedic Associates. The experts evaluated Thompson’s compliance with national disease-specific care standards as well as with specific requirements related to hip and knee replacements. Clinical practice guidelines and performance measures also were assessed.
Established in 2002 and awarded for a two-year period, The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification evaluates clinical programs across the continuum of care and addresses three core areas:
• Compliance with consensus-based national standards;
• Effective use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care; and
• An organized approach to performance measurement and improvement activities.
"Thompson is extremely pleased to receive Disease-Specific Care Certification from The Joint Commission, the premier healthcare quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,” said President/CEO Michael F. Stapleton, Jr., FACHE. “The certification provides us with the framework to continue creating a culture of excellence for those in our community.”
To access The Joint Commission’s Quality Check® site, for a comprehensive listing of healthcare organizations and their accreditations and certifications, go to: www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.aspx