Accreditation for Rural Health Clinics
Rural Health Clinic Accreditation
ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥â€™s Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program was developed to help improve quality and safety for patients in rural communities who are seeking preventive and specialized outpatient care. As a leader in healthcare accreditation, we are dedicated to supporting rural health clinics in providing high-quality care to their communities.
Why is Rural Health Important?
Fifteen percent of Americans live in rural communities.* Aside from the distance rural Americans are from healthcare providers, many people suffer from conditions putting their health at risk, such as high blood pressure and obesity. And, rural Americans are also more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke than their urban counterparts.*
* Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Benefits of Joint Commission Accreditation
- Enhance and objectively validate your performance reliability
- Proactively minimize risk areas for your patients, staff and brand
- Leverage a vetted framework to grow or expand services
How We Differ
- Exceptional support and educational resources
- Survey that is tailor-made for your services
- On-site delivery of accreditation report and final report issued within 10 days of survey to expedite receipt of your accreditation decision
- Surveyor with clinical expertise in ambulatory care and critical access hospitals for a tailored assessment
Standards
Survey Experience
Accredited organizations describe ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥’s survey process as educational and collaborative – an opportunity to enhance business practices guided by trusted industry experts. Our surveyors assess compliance to our standards in real time, guided by the client experience and our unique “tracer” method. We conclude by providing your leadership team with a thorough, objective assessment and practical strategies for ongoing performance improvement.
Tools to help you succeed:
- Dedicated account executive to guide you through your accreditation journey
- Standards FAQs for help with questions
- Personalized web account to manage your application, account, and communications from ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥
- An online publicity kit to assist with promoting your achievement, as well as listing your organization on ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥’s Find Accredited Organizations webpage
- Checklists, webinars, seminars and much more to help you prepare for and maintain your accreditation
- The SAFER® Dashboard, a powerful business intelligence tool that helps organizations easily access data, identify trends and compare them with multiple variables
