Accreditation

Hospital achieves gold seal and disease specific certification from JCAHO

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, December 26th, 2004

By demonstrating excellence in health care quality in its heart, diabetes, and cancer programs, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, has been awarded the Gold Seal of Approval and has achieved Disease-Specific Care Certification from the U.S. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

Additionally, Baptist will be the first organization in the United States to earn this distinction for an entire cancer program. Also, through CRUSADE, a nationwide registry of heart patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) coordinated by Duke Clinical Research Institute, Baptist is now one of three hospitals within the United States...

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