Accreditation

New Albany, Indiana hospital fights for its accreditation

Published in Health and Medicine Week, January 31st, 2005

Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Indiana, has appealed the preliminary denial of accreditation from a national healthcare organization, which cited problems with the hospital's laboratory.

The 14 citations against the hospital included the need to keep lab equipment "maintained, tested and inspected" and to make sure lab employees have adequate training.

Other citations by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) involve record-keeping shortcomings, The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky, reported.

The JCAHO is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting body in healthcare....

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2005-01-31)

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