St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Joint Replacement Program Certifications.
Here are four highlights:
1. The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.
2. The certification encompasses the hospital's total knee, total hip and total shoulder replacement surgery services.
3. The Joint Commission's Disease-Specific Care Certification evaluates clinical programs across the continuum of care and addresses three core areas:
- Compliance with consensus-based national standards;
- Effective use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care;
- An organized approach to performance measurement and improvement activities
4. In the spring of 2015, St. Anthony's acquired a MAKO orthopedic system to offer patients robotic orthopedic surgery.