Accreditations
Logansport Memorial Hospital continually examines its patient care processes to ensure that its standards of care meet or exceed the expectations of the accrediting organizations and our patients.
A partial list of those organizations for the hospital and its various departments is listed below:
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Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to survey hospitals, clinical laboratories and other healthcare facilities for compliance with CMS standards.
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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.
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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.
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The American College of Radiology helps facilities improve and maintain the quality of mammography through its Mammography Accreditation Program.
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The American Diabetes Association recognizes Diabetes Education Departments as meeting the national standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education.
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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.
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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.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission conducts in-depth surveys of healthcare Nuclear Medicine Departments to ensure that the highest standards of testing and patient care are followed.
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