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Logansport Memorial Hospital continually improves its patient care processes in order to ensure that its standards of care meet or exceed the expectations of patients and the organizations that develop those standards. A partial list of the certifying bodies for the hospital and its varied departments is listed below:
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to survey hospitals, clinical laboratories and other health care facilities for compliance with CMS standards.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) monitors the health care quality of hospitals through the licensure process. ISDH surveyors visit hospitals annually for licensure inspections of various departments.

The American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) promotes high standards of care in its certification process, based on education, prevention, rehabilitation research, and disease management.

The American College of Radiology helps facilities improve and maintain the quality of mammography through its Mammography Accreditation Program.

The American Diabetes Association recognizes Diabetes Education Departments as meeting the national standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) optimizes laboratory performance through a voluntary accreditation to improve patient care, strengthen the deployment of quality standards, reduce errors and risk and control costs.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to ensure quality laboratory testing.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission conducts in-depth surveys of health care Nuclear Medicine Departments to ensure that the highest standards of testing and patient care are followed.
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