PVH Awarded Full Accreditation from The Joint Commission

NATIONAL CITY, Calif. August 16, 2007 – Paradise Valley Hospital has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™.  By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission‘s national standards for health care quality and safety, Paradise Valley Hospital has been awarded its full accreditation.

The Joint Commission conducted an unannounced, on-site evaluation of Paradise Valley Hospital on July 17 – 20, 2007. Following a rigorous survey, the Joint Commission awarded a full accreditation of the hospital in complying with the state-of-the-art patient care and safety standards established by the nation’s leading healthcare accreditation agency.  

“Paradise Valley Hospital is creating new benchmarks for quality healthcare in a very short period under the management of Prime Healthcare Services” ” said , MD, FACC, FCCP, Chairman of the Board, “We welcome the Joint Commissions’ accreditation as a strong statement of our commitment and efforts in improving the patient care quality and safety,” continued Dr. Prem Reddy, “We sincerely thank all the physicians, nurses and employees of Paradise Valley hospital for achieving this coveted recognition”.

"Above all, the national standards are intended to stimulate continuous, systematic and organization-wide improvement in an organization's performance and the outcomes of care," says Darlene Christiansen, executive director, Hospital Accreditation Program, Joint Commission. "The community should be proud that Paradise Valley Hospital is focusing on the most challenging goal -- to continuously raise quality and safety to higher levels."

“We have set higher quality standards, improved operational efficiencies and invested millions of dollars in the state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure improvements at Paradise Valley Hospital in the last few months”, says Luis Leon, PA-C, PhD, CEO of the hospital, “Full accreditation by the Joint Commission reassures the community that our organization provides the highest quality of patient care to the residents of National City and South Bay of San Diego.”

“We are excited with the results of the Joint Commission’s survey coming at the heals of our successful survey by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health Care Services since the new management took over the operations of the hospital in March 2007”, said Robin Gomez, RN, Director of Nursing, “the physicians and staff are elated by the successful outcomes of the surveys.”

Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission 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 nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 8,000 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 6,800 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, primary stroke centers, and health care staffing services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.

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