NASSAU HEALTH CARE CORPORATION ACHIEVES FULL ACCREDITATION STATUS BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS FOLLOWING THE APRIL 2007 RESURVEY
-Tremendous accomplishment by devoted and skilled staff enabled NHCC to achieve full accreditation, ensuring health care excellence for residents of Nassau County—
-Significant investment in quality on a day-to-day basis from the top down-
East Meadow, NY … Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the Nassau Health Care Corporation (NHCC) announced that the NHCC had achieved full accreditation status following a two-day on site resurvey which occurred on April 17th and 18th 2007 by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). The April 2007 JCAHO resurvey followed a previous survey in May 2006 in which the NHCC was temporarily placed on conditional accreditation.
Upon being notified of achieving full JCAHO accreditation, Mr. Gianelli commended the staff for providing the hard work and excellent level of care that enabled the institution to receive full accreditation.
“The remarkable and outstanding performance is a well deserved achievement for our loyal and dedicated staff. I express my gratitude and pride in staff’s skill, devotion and compassion which make it possible to bring health care excellence to the communities we serve.”
The Nassau Health Care Corporation, comprised of Nassau University Medical Center, a level I trauma center and teaching hospital, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility, a skilled nursing home and the various Community Health Centers, provides over 75,000 annual Emergency Department visits and 300,000 clinic visits yearly.
The JCAHO, formed in 1951, is dedicated to improving the quality of the national’s health care through voluntary accreditation.
“Achieving accreditation demonstrates NHCC’s commitment to provide high quality care to its patients. We seek accreditation because we view obtaining JCAHO accreditation as another step toward maintaining excellence. Everyone at NHCC plays a vital role in meeting the standards and we make a significant investment in quality on a day-today basis from the top down,” concluded Mr. Gianelli