Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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UHS Chenango Memorial Internal Medicine achieves lofty status
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced that
UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital’s Internal Medicine practice has received
recognition from the Physician Practice Connections - Patient-Centered
Medical Home (PPC-PCMH) program for using evidence-based,
patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and
long-term participative relationships.
Chris Kisacky, Vice President Operations, explained that this
recognition and designation is based on a patient-focused model of care
and service delivery that encourages partnerships between individual
patients and their personal clinicians to improve the quality and
efficiency of care.
Wendy Surdoval, Vice President Quality Management stated, “Achieving
this recognition was really a quality initiative, and making sure that
we meet these standards helps us to achieve our own patient-centered
care standards.” Ms. Kisacky added, “ The goal of the Patient-Centered
Medical Home model is to improve health and health care - to keep our
patients healthy and prevent illness when possible, seeking to avoid
unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency room visits through more
efficient, more coordinated care. NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane
stated , “... PPC-PCMH recognition shows that UHS Internal Medicine,
Norwich has tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with
the right care at the right time.”
To receive recognition, which is valid for three years, the practice
demonstrated the ability to meet the program’s key elements embodying
characteristics of the medical home. The standards are aligned with the
joint principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home established with
the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family
Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American
Osteopathic Association.
UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, is a member of UHS, a locally owned, not-for-profit, 916-bed hospital and health care system serving the Greater Binghamton region. Founded in 1981, UHS provides a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and long-term care services from more than 40 locations around New York’s Southern Tier.
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