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8/2/2006 - Alacare Awarded Accreditation from Joint Commission
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Contact: Richard Nieves or Nancy Kucik
Alacare Home Health & Hospice
2400 John Hawkins Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35244
Phone: 205.981.8000 or 800.852.4724
Fax : 205.981.8743
E-mail: Richard.Nieves@alacare.com
Alacare Accreditation Renewed by Joint Commission
Birmingham, Alabama—By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization’s national standards for health care quality and safety, Alacare Home Health & Hospice has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.
“We sought to renew accreditation for Alacare because we want to demonstrate our commitment to our patients’ safety and quality care,” says Susan B. Brouillette, MPH, MBA, Alacare’s Chief Executive Officer. We view obtaining the renewal of our Joint Commission accreditation as another step in achieving and maintaining excellence.”
“In becoming accredited, Alacare Home Health & Hospice was evaluated against a set of national standards by a Joint Commission team of surveyors experienced in the delivery of home care services,” says Maryanne Popovich, RN, Executive Director, Home Care Accreditation Program, Joint Commission. “Achieving accreditation demonstrates Alacare’s commitment to providing high quality and safe care to its patients.”
Accreditation is awarded for a three-year period ending in April 2009. The accreditation extends to all of Alacare’s 23 offices throughout the state.
About Alacare
The Beard family is proud that Alacare Home Health & Hospice, founded by Charles D. Beard, Jr., is Alabama's oldest and largest family-owned, Medicare-certified home health agency. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alacare is dedicated to providing patients the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitative, palliative and hospice care available in the most cost-effective environment—the patient's own home.
Since 1970, Alacare has provided patients with quality home healthcare. Services provided include diabetes education, enterostomal therapy, home care aides, home medical equipment, hospice/palliative care, infusion therapy, medical nutrition therapy, medical social services, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy, skilled nursing, and speech/language pathology.
For more information, visit the company's Web site: www.alacare.com.
About the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 7,800 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 7,300 other health care organizations that provide long-term care, assisted living, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. The Joint Commission also accredits health plans, integrated delivery networks and other managed care entities. In addition, the Joint Commission provides certification of disease-specific care programs and primary stroke centers. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
