Altru Health System Awarded Accreditation from The Joint Commission
Altru Health System has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of
Approval® for Hospital and Home Care Accreditation by demonstrating
continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is
a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment
to providing safe and quality patient care.
Altru underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review in August and September
2019. During the visit, a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated
compliance with hospital and home care standards spanning several areas
including emergency management, environment of care, infection prevention
and control, leadership, medication management, and rights and responsibilities
of the individual.
The Joint Commission’s standards are developed in consultation with
health care experts and providers, measurement experts, and patients.
They are informed by scientific literature and expert consensus to help
health care organizations measure, assess and improve performance. The
surveyors also conducted onsite observations and interviews.
“As a private accreditor, The Joint Commission surveys health care
organizations to protect the public by identifying deficiencies in care
and working with those organizations to correct them as quickly and sustainably
as possible,” says Mark Pelletier, RN, MS, chief operating officer,
Accreditation and Certification Operations, and chief nursing executive,
The Joint Commission. “We commend Altru Health System for its continuous
quality improvement efforts in patient safety and quality of care.”
“Joint Commission accreditation highlights Altru’s continued
effort to provide quality care to our community and region,” states
Dr. Steven Weiser, Executive Vice President, and Chief Medical Officer.
“Participating in the unannounced surveys and continuing our accreditation
is a top priority, and our employees do an outstanding job of working
to ensure Altru meets and exceeds standards. This achievement shows the
skill and patient focus of our medical staff, RNs, others involved in
direct patient care, and the support staff.”
Based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Altru Health System is a regional,
integrated healthcare delivery system serving northeastern North Dakota
and northwestern Minnesota. Altru is a physician-led, multi-specialty
group practice with an acute care hospital, Level II trauma center, specialty
hospital, more than two dozen Grand Forks and regional practice locations,
and a large home care network. Altru employs over 300 physicians and advanced
practice providers and 3,800 staff. With a focus on advanced technology,
Altru deployed the first Mako® Robotic Arm system in North Dakota
and enhanced Altru’s Robotics with the recent addition of the DaVinci
Xi Robotic Surgical System. In 2018, Altru was awarded fourth Most Wired®
in the nation, a recognition for systems at the forefront of using healthcare
information technology to improve the delivery of care. Altru Health System
has received accreditation from the Joint Commission, the premier health
care quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation, and has achieved
50 years of CARF accreditation at Altru’s Inpatient Rehabilitation
Hospital. Altru Health System was the first member of the Mayo Clinic
Care Network, extending Mayo Clinic knowledge and expertise to the patients
we serve. For more information, visit
altru.org.
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