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CHS HybridHealth℠ Onsite Health Centers Awarded
Industry’s Top Rating for Quality Patient Care
RESTON, VA. – March 29, 2010 –Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHS), a leading national workforce health management company specializing in onsite health care solutions, received a coveted accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) for two of its new HybridHealth℠ onsite health centers. In just thirteen months from the completion of construction to their accreditation, the Choose Health Wellness Center at Hewitt Associates in Lincolnshire, Illinois, as well as an onsite health center at a company in Texas, accomplished top ratings in all AAAHC’s core standards. The second site is a high-tech manufacturer and services company with approximately 15,000 employees in and around its center location.
The AAAHC accreditation certificate is a symbol that an organization is committed to providing high-quality health care and it has demonstrated this by measuring up to the Accreditation Association's high standards. CHS voluntarily went through the accreditation process to further demonstrate to clients and the onsite community that it consistently meets and exceeds clinical, operations and quality standards.
“We are extremely proud of not only meeting, but surpassing, compliance in all areas of AAAHC standards with an excellent rating,” said CHS Director of Quality, Drew Di Giovanni, MPH, FACMPE. “This far exceeded our expectations and demonstrates to our customers and their employees that CHS health centers are of the utmost quality and should be the place employees look to for the best health care experience.”
CHS met or exceeded AAAHC’s core standards in the areas of quality of care, quality improvement, patient rights, medical records and facilities, and administration and governance, as well as adjunct standards in minor surgery, local anesthesia, lab and pharmaceutical services, and urgent care. Meeting the Accreditation Association’s high standards demonstrates its commitment to technology, clinical infrastructure, account management, and human capital in practicing safe, standard, and measurable health care. CHS has also adopted AAAHC's 7-step Quality Improvement (QI) process, coupled with extensive management and staff training in Six Sigma tools.
“Having a third-party report that recognizes the outstanding quality of care we provide to our patients is exceptional and speaks to a number of recent innovations by our clinic staff,” said CHS Vice President of Operations, Beth Ratliff. “We’ll continue to build on these advances and now have a project planning tool the will enable us to expedite bringing all of our new clinic sites into AAAHC compliance within months of opening the doors,” adds Ratliff.
About Comprehensive Health Services
Founded in 1975, CHS is the industry’s largest trusted and independent provider of onsite health centers, nationwide exam programs and rapid response medical readiness teams. Major corporations and government agencies look to CHS for workforce health and productivity management solutions including onsite primary care, occupational health and pharmacy services, as well as nationwide medical surveillance, pre-placement and fitness-for-duty exams.
As an independent provider of workforce health care, CHS offers an objective viewpoint that, combined with its deep analytical approach to employee health, helps maximize the effectiveness of every health care dollar spent, while ensuring employees have the best treatment options. CHS tailors health care delivery to employers’ overarching benefits strategies and supports each organization with integrated health information systems. For more information, visit the CHS web site at www.chsmedical.com.
About AAACH
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1979 to assist ambulatory health care organizations improve the quality of care provided to patients. AAAHC has established nationally-recognized standards for health care quality. They currently accredit over 4,600 ambulatory health care organizations. Accreditation is a voluntary process through which an organization is able to measure the quality of its services and performance against nationally recognized standards. The accreditation process involves self-assessment by the organization, as well as a thorough review by the Accreditation Association's surveyors, who themselves have extensive experience in the ambulatory health care environment. For more information, visit www.aaahc.org.
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