Community Hospital announces the successful reaccreditation by DNV. By earning accreditation, Community Hospital has demonstrated it meets or exceeds patient safety standards (Conditions of Participation) set forth by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. DNV’s accreditation program is the only one to integrate the ISO 9001 Quality Management System with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. ISO 9001 is the world’s most trusted quality management system used by performance-driven organizations around the world to advance their quality and sustainability objectives.
“We have taken an entirely different approach to accreditation, and hospitals are really responding,” says DNV Healthcare USA Inc. President Kelly Proctor. “Since accreditation is a must-have credential for just about every hospital in this country, why not make it more valuable, and get more out of it? That’s where ISO 9001 comes into play and turns the typical get-your-ticket-punched accreditation exercise into a quality transformation.”
Community Hospital was originally accredited by DNV in 2016 followed by ISO 9001:2015 certification in 2019. “The DNV program is consistent with our long-term commitment to quality and patient safety,” says Jessica Johnson, Quality Director. “The ISO 9001 quality standards provide a framework that supports us in making meaningful, sustainable improvements to the care we provide.”
DNV’s accreditation program, called NIAHO® (Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations), involves annual hospital surveys – instead of every three years – and encourages hospitals to openly share information across departments and to discover improvements in clinical workflows and safety protocols.
About Community Hospital
Community Hospital, located in McCook, Nebraska, is a regional leader in providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare to residents of southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas. As a not-for-profit, critical access hospital, Community Hospital is committed to improving the health and wellness of the communities it serves through advanced medical services, state-of-the-art technology, and a dedicated team of healthcare professionals. For more information, visit www.chmccook.org.
About DNV
DNV is a global independent certification, assurance and risk management provider, operating in more than 100 countries. Through its broad experience and deep expertise, DNV advances safety and sustainable performance, sets industry benchmarks, drives innovative solutions.
Whether certifying a company’s management system or products, accrediting hospitals, providing training, assessing supply chains or digital assets, DNV enables customers and stakeholders to make critical decisions with confidence, continually improve and realize long-term strategic goals sustainably.
DNV draws on its wide technical and industry expertise to help companies worldwide build consumer and stakeholder trust. Driven by its purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, DNV helps tackle the challenges and global transformations facing its customers and the world today and is a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful and forward-thinking companies.
For more information about DNV, visit www.dnvcert.com/healthcare