Accreditations and Awards
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CTCA Recognized as a Leader in Patient Care and Safety
In 2006, The Joint Commission (formerly Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, or JCAHO) published a Case Study documenting Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s Lean Thinking improvements in the pharmacy department. At CTCA, lean thinking is applied to improve processes, eliminate waste, and to improve patient care and safety.
Led by Carol Lepper, R.N., MBA, the director of lean operations, the pharmacy was able to reduce lab draw time to received-in-lab by 60 percent, decrease process steps by 50 percent, reduce walking distance in the lab by 83 percent, and decrease turn-around-time from 61 minutes to 47 minutes, a 23 percent improvement.
In addition, practitioner and patient face-to-face contact increased 50 percent by reevaluating the scheduling process. Today, CTCA is applying global lean thinking strategy within all departments in a continual attempt to provide the Mother Standard® of care, the type of care you would want your own mother to be treated with.
CTCA Facility Receives Perfect Score on Patient Safety
The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization, evaluates the quality and safety of health care providers for more than 15,000 organizations nationwide. In August 2004, CTCA at Midwestern Regional Medical Center earned a perfect score on the triennial.
CTCA Facilities Meet or Exceed Laboratory Requirements
The College of Pathologists (CAP), a private not-for-profit accrediting organization that has been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), biannually inspects CTCA laboratories to ensure they meet or exceed their requirements for Laboratory Accreditation Program and, have given accreditation to our treatment facilities.
Outstanding Achievement Award from Commission on Cancer (CoC)
The American College of Surgeons has recognized the cancer program at CTCA for treatment programs that meet or exceed the national standard in providing quality care to cancer patients.
American Association of Blood Bank (AABB) Accredits Transfusion Services and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory
The American Association of Blood Bank (AABB) is a biannual survey that ensures the quality and safety of collecting, processing, distributing, and administering blood, blood products, and stem cells.
Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Biannually, an unannounced inspector from the Food and Drug Administration reviews any process, procedure, documentation CTCA has on record to ensure all patient safety standards are followed and met.
Annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards
This awards program recognizes the very best healthcare websites. Awards focus on the internet’s role in helping an organization achieve their business objectives and to recognize the hard work that has gone into creating an outstanding website.
Semi-Annual World Wide Web Health Awards
The World Wide Web health awards is a program that recognizes the best health-related website for consumers and professionals. The program’s goal is to provide a “seal of quality” for electronic health information.
Medicine on the Net Awards
Cancer Treatment Centers of America is proud to announce that it’s website, www.cancercenter.com, has been named Honorable Mention for Best Overall Website in it’s 2002 Medicine on the Net Web Excellence Awards. The Web Excellence Awards recognize outstanding e-health Web sites in the areas of overall quality, user interface, design, and content.
