DENVER, Aug. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita
HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA), and a leading independent
provider of integrated health and kidney care services in the
United States, today announced
that DaVita Hospital Services has been re-accredited for Ambulatory
Health Care from The Joint Commission effective 2016.
Per the commission website, "The Joint Commission accredits and
certifies nearly 21,000 health care organizations and programs
in the United States. Joint
Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide
as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment
to meeting certain performance standards."
"Re-accreditation validates our organization's commitment to
quality improvement and patient safety," said Amanda Hale, vice president of DaVita Hospital
Services for DaVita Kidney Care. "As
health care delivery models become more focused and dependent upon
improved clinical outcomes and quality performance metrics, DaVita
Hospital Services strives to be a leader in continually improving
the quality and safety of the care we administer."
The Joint Commission worked collaboratively to outline national
industry standards by which safety and quality of inpatient kidney
disease and apheresis therapies will be measured in the future.
DaVita, its hospital partners and other entities will be able to,
for the first time, systematically monitor and evaluate the quality
and safety of care provided.
"DaVita Hospital Services was awarded this designation after a
thorough vetting process that involved two-and-a-half months of
surveys at more than 156 DaVita inpatient dialysis sites" said
Michael Kulczycki, executive
director, Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation, The Joint
Commission.
For the past three years, DaVita identified key areas for
improvement, created training presentations and documents, provided
WebEx training sessions and coordinated 156 hospital site visits
for The Joint Commission Surveyors and DaVita teammates.
Accreditation allows DaVita to monitor and evaluate the safety of
kidney care and apheresis therapies against ambulatory industry
standards. The accreditation allows for increased focus on
enhancing the quality and safety of patient care; improved clinical
outcomes and performance metrics, risk management and survey
preparedness. Having set standards in place can further allow
DaVita to measure performance and become better aligned with its
hospital partners.
In 2013, DaVita became the first inpatient kidney care service
provider to receive Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation. The
Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation is a three year certification
that validates an organization's commitment to meeting certain
performance standards.
About DaVita Kidney
Care
DaVita Kidney
Care is a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a
Fortune 500® company that, through its operating divisions,
provides a variety of health care services to patient populations
throughout the United States and
abroad. A leading provider of dialysis services in the United States, DaVita Kidney Care treats patients with chronic
kidney failure and end stage renal disease. DaVita Kidney Care strives to improve patients'
quality of life by innovating clinical care, and by offering
integrated treatment plans, personalized care teams and convenient
health-management services. As of June 30,
2016, DaVita Kidney Care
operated or provided administrative services at 2,293 outpatient
dialysis centers located in the United
States serving approximately 185,000 patients. The company
also operated 127 outpatient dialysis centers located in 11
countries outside the United
States. DaVita Kidney Care
supports numerous programs dedicated to creating positive,
sustainable change in communities around the world. The company's
leadership development initiatives and social responsibility
efforts have been recognized by Fortune, Modern Healthcare,
Newsweek and WorldBlu. For more information, please visit
DaVita.com.
Media Contact:
Madison Spahr
Communications | DaVita Kidney Care
2000 16th Street |Denver, Co 80202
(310) 490-7257
Madison.Spahr@davita.com
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