Mercy Hospital Springfield Earns Global Healthcare Accreditation
Palm Beach Gardens, FL, November 23, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Mercy Hospital Springfield, part of the fifth largest Catholic health systems in the nation, is awarded a three-year term of accreditation from the Global Healthcare Accreditation Program for its Medical Destination Program.
For self-funded employers seeking to offer employees access to better quality healthcare outcomes, reduced complications and excellent patient experience, direct contracting with healthcare providers accredited by the Global Healthcare Accreditation Program achieves just that.
“This experience is invaluable to Mercy on our journey to expand our medical travel and medical tourism business. We are excited for the future and our continued relationship with the GHA Program,” stated Jen Albers, Director of Mercy Spine Center, Pain Management, Headache Management and Medical Destinations.
Earning the distinguished accreditation for their Medical Destination program, Mercy Health received GHA status for their domestic work with large, self-insured U.S.-based companies, to provide better healthcare solutions. This direct contracting resulted in employers such as Walmart, Lowes, JetBlue and McKesson greatly improving employee healthcare while simultaneously lower costs.
The Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program is a healthcare accreditation program designed for both healthcare organizations and self-funded employers alike in pursuit of the common goals of elevating patient care and experience, and excellence of care provided for medical travel. As part of the unique GHA program, healthcare organizations will be able to obtain not only knowledge on medical travel exemplar practices, but also unique business solutions that provide value for an organization in any stage of development. GHA aims to enable each accredited organization to achieve better process and better performance on a daily basis.
Established in 2009, the GHA program focuses on an organization’s core competencies and compliance levels to ensure it is fully committed to providing safe and efficient patient care throughout the entire medical travel cycle. The program offers four distinguished areas of accreditation: Hospital (24-hour setting), Ambulatory (non-24-hour setting), Diagnostic, and Laboratory.
“Mercy is a leader in precision, high quality healthcare. The organization has a systemic passion to always service excellence and the dignity of each individual patient as its highest priority – this character trait of Mercy co-workers will allow the Medical Destination program to expand its global footprint. GHA Leadership looks forward to Mercy’s future in the international medical travel industry,” stated Karen Timmons, Chief Executive Officer, Global Healthcare Accreditation.
About Mercy:
Mercy Springfield Communities is comprised of Mercy Hospital Springfield, an 866-bed referral center; an orthopedic hospital; a rehab hospital; a children’s hospital; five regional hospitals in Lebanon, Aurora, Cassville, Mountain View, Missouri and Berryville, Arkansas; and Mercy Clinic, a physician clinic with nearly 700 doctors and locations throughout the region. It is part of Mercy, named one of the top five large health systems in 2016 by Truven, which serves millions annually. Mercy includes 45 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, more than 700 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 40,000 co-workers and more than 2,000 Mercy Clinic physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has outreach ministries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Mercy’s Medical Destination Program manages the traveling patient program for all of its facilities.
Organizations interested in The Global Healthcare Accreditation Program can make a request at info@ghaccreditation.com |Tel US 001.561.327.9557 |www.GlobalHealthcareAccreditation.com
For self-funded employers seeking to offer employees access to better quality healthcare outcomes, reduced complications and excellent patient experience, direct contracting with healthcare providers accredited by the Global Healthcare Accreditation Program achieves just that.
“This experience is invaluable to Mercy on our journey to expand our medical travel and medical tourism business. We are excited for the future and our continued relationship with the GHA Program,” stated Jen Albers, Director of Mercy Spine Center, Pain Management, Headache Management and Medical Destinations.
Earning the distinguished accreditation for their Medical Destination program, Mercy Health received GHA status for their domestic work with large, self-insured U.S.-based companies, to provide better healthcare solutions. This direct contracting resulted in employers such as Walmart, Lowes, JetBlue and McKesson greatly improving employee healthcare while simultaneously lower costs.
The Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program is a healthcare accreditation program designed for both healthcare organizations and self-funded employers alike in pursuit of the common goals of elevating patient care and experience, and excellence of care provided for medical travel. As part of the unique GHA program, healthcare organizations will be able to obtain not only knowledge on medical travel exemplar practices, but also unique business solutions that provide value for an organization in any stage of development. GHA aims to enable each accredited organization to achieve better process and better performance on a daily basis.
Established in 2009, the GHA program focuses on an organization’s core competencies and compliance levels to ensure it is fully committed to providing safe and efficient patient care throughout the entire medical travel cycle. The program offers four distinguished areas of accreditation: Hospital (24-hour setting), Ambulatory (non-24-hour setting), Diagnostic, and Laboratory.
“Mercy is a leader in precision, high quality healthcare. The organization has a systemic passion to always service excellence and the dignity of each individual patient as its highest priority – this character trait of Mercy co-workers will allow the Medical Destination program to expand its global footprint. GHA Leadership looks forward to Mercy’s future in the international medical travel industry,” stated Karen Timmons, Chief Executive Officer, Global Healthcare Accreditation.
About Mercy:
Mercy Springfield Communities is comprised of Mercy Hospital Springfield, an 866-bed referral center; an orthopedic hospital; a rehab hospital; a children’s hospital; five regional hospitals in Lebanon, Aurora, Cassville, Mountain View, Missouri and Berryville, Arkansas; and Mercy Clinic, a physician clinic with nearly 700 doctors and locations throughout the region. It is part of Mercy, named one of the top five large health systems in 2016 by Truven, which serves millions annually. Mercy includes 45 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, more than 700 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 40,000 co-workers and more than 2,000 Mercy Clinic physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has outreach ministries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Mercy’s Medical Destination Program manages the traveling patient program for all of its facilities.
Organizations interested in The Global Healthcare Accreditation Program can make a request at info@ghaccreditation.com |Tel US 001.561.327.9557 |www.GlobalHealthcareAccreditation.com
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