Trident Health awarded advanced certification for Diabetes care from The Joint Commission
November 4, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – Trident Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for its inpatient diabetes care program, becoming one of only 82 facilities nationwide to obtain the certification. Earned by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in disease-specific care, the certification recognizes the health system’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards and its commitment to the highest level of care for its patients with diabetes.
To achieve the certification, Trident and Summerville Medical Centers underwent a rigorous on-site review. Each facility was evaluated upon The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification program as well as inpatient diabetes care-specific standards, clinical practice guidelines and performance measures. The inpatient diabetes certification program is based on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Clinical Practice Recommendations.
“With Joint Commission advanced certification, we are making a significant investment in quality on a day-to-day basis,” said Lynn Moore, MSN, RN, director of Regulatory Compliance. “This certification provides us a framework to take our organization to the next level and helps create a culture of excellence.”
The Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification for Inpatient Diabetes Care, developed in conjunction with the ADA, provides standards related to:
- Staff education requirements,
- Written blood glucose monitoring protocols,
- Plans for the treatment of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia,
- Data collection of incidences of hypoglycemia,
- Patient education on self-management of diabetes, and
- An identified program champion or team.
About Trident Health
Trident Health is a 407-bed HCA hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals – Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center – as well as two free standing emergency departments- Centre Pointe Emergency and Moncks Corner Medical Center. The Joint Commission recently named Trident Health as one of the nation’s top hospitals for quality and safety for the fourth year in a row. Other noteworthy services include a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, an award-winning Heart Center, the Trident Breast Care Center, and the South Carolina Institute for Robotic Surgery. Accredited by The Joint Commission, Trident Health is committed to providing quality health services along with wellness information and opportunities to the communities it serves. For more information about Trident Health, visit www.tridenthealthsystem.com or call 843.797.7000.
About The Joint Commission
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 20,500 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including hospitals and health care organizations that provide ambulatory and office-based surgery, behavioral health, home care, laboratory and nursing home services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. The Joint Commission has two nonprofit affiliate organizations: The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare aims to solve health care’s most critical safety and quality problems and Joint Commission Resources (JCR) provides consulting services, educational services and publications. Joint Commission International, a division of JCR, accredits and certifies international health care organizations. Learn more about The Joint Commission atwww.jointcommission.org.
