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Show County Medical Center accredited By Wm, Whipple Administrator Valley View Medical Center The Valley View Medical Center recently achieved accreditation ac-creditation for two years or more (which is the maximum time that the Joint Commission Commis-sion on Accreditation of Hospitals Hos-pitals will give their approval-) The Joint Commission is comprised of four national medical and hospital organizations: organi-zations: The American College of Physicians. The American College of Surgeons. The American Hospital Association. to them and of reasurrance to their patients as it symbolizes symboliz-es the striving for excellence that characterizes our nation's hospitals. All these things are important import-ant to you. They become ever more important when you or someone dear to you enters our hospital door. What is a hospital? A hospital hos-pital actually is people the physicians, the nurses, and the other personnel on the staff who serve you and the governing board and the Administrator Ad-ministrator who oversee hospital hos-pital affairs. Many of these people you may never see, but (Continued on Page Two) The American Medical Association. As-sociation. This accreditation is your protection against hit-or-miss standards in a hospital. It is evidence that our medical and hospital people are on guard for you assuring you that the hospital is well-run, well-organized, well-equipped, and well-staffed. This Certificate Certifi-cate of Accreditation is meant to convey the fact that an institution, in-stitution, its governing body, its personnel, and its Medical Staff have accepted outside appraisal and' have achieved substantial conformance with professionally, developed and nationally applied criteria. It should be a matter of pride Nodical Center Accredited programs as well as for many other training programs. What the Valley View Medical Med-ical Center is instituting now is the basis of quality care for the future so that we can go forward with more efficiency. effici-ency. Physicians, nurses, and allied medical personnel seek the best environment in which their professions and more high caliber people are attracted at-tracted to an accredited hospital. hos-pital. This would make our I institution a real Medical Center for this southern area of Utah- Above all, the seal of Accreditation Ac-creditation is a symbol of confidence to you and to all others who live in your community com-munity confidence in your hospital and the people who are concerned with it. When your hospital proudly displays that Cetrificate of Accreditation Accredita-tion you have a kind of insurance in-surance backed up by the medical and hospital professions profes-sions that your welfare and every patient's welfare is entrusted en-trusted to competent dedicated hands. Continued from Front Page) nevertheless they are working behind the scenes to provide the best possible care. In order or-der to promote this excellence in patient care, a survey team of physicians thoroughly trained in all phases of hospital hos-pital work are sent out to all hospitals who request a survey. sur-vey. This survey encourages the hospital to apply certain basic principles of physical plant safety and maintenance, and organize and administer functions of the hospital for the efficient care of the patient. pa-tient. It also promotes high quality of care in all aspects in order to give patients the full benefits that Medical Science has to offer. Accreditation is also a drawing draw-ing card to help attract industries in-dustries and new people to the area as industries are greatly interested in the quality of hospital care a community has to offer their employees. Accreditation can also be a strong factor in the obtaining obtain-ing of financial help from government and state agencies agenc-ies and private foundations which will tend to increase our employee benefits and our ability to obtain better and more up-to-date equipment. Accreditation is a prerequisite prerequis-ite for approved R.N., L.P.N, and Medical student training |