Accreditation Kudos!

Congratulations to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance team! Surveyors from Accreditation Canada conducted a careful peer review process to assess Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s (CKHA) services. Accreditation offers assurance to our staff, our patients, their families and the Chatham-Kent community that CKHA is meeting the expectations outlined in 32evidence based Required Operational Practices (ROPs). An ROP is defined as an essential practice that we must have in place to enhance patient safety and minimize risk. In addition to ROPs – teams were working on accreditation standards. Standards are the driver for quality improvement in the departments and programs. An entire symphony of CKHA teams and front line staff have worked diligently to create and revise policies, procedures and plans to the ROPs enhancing the quality of our hospital services.

Thanks to each of you for living our CKHA values of respect, teamwork, compassion, trust, knowledge and accountability that led to the successes of this year’s accreditation. Our shared commitment will aidthe CKHA team in embracing new ROPs and sustaining our current practice.