Accreditation Canada has advised the Sunrise Health Region (SHR) that the region achieved Accreditation with Report. The report indicates the SHR achieved or exceeded national standards on 1,528 of nearly seventeen hundred key service elements reviewed by the survey team says Suann Laurent, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Accreditation Canada is a non-profit independent association which, based on standards of excellence, provides national and international health care organizations with an external peer review process to assess and improve services.
In November, SHR programs and facilities underwent documentation review and an on-site survey by a team of eight Accreditation Canada surveyors. To be accredited the health region must demonstrate advancement in the 1,695 applicable key service elements associated with the eight quality dimensions of population focus, accessibility, safety, work life, client-centered services, continuity of services, effectiveness, and efficiency.
The region was also required to demonstrate compliance with thirty-six Required Organizational Practices predetermined by Accreditation Canada to be evidence-based patient safety practices applicable to all health care organizations.
"Accreditation provides assurance to the public of the quality of health services. I am extremely proud that our entire health care team continually seeks to improve services for their clients," adds Laurent. "Each time that we go through an accreditation process we learn from the experience of the national Accreditation surveyors and from ideas they gather in other parts of the country."
Preparing to achieve accreditation is an ongoing commitment by SHR managers, physicians, and staff members. Between survey years, sixteen quality improvement teams continuously monitor and guide improvements to safety and quality, and the Board receives regular progress reports on the teams' activities.
