NEWS RELEASE

                                                                                                                 Jan 27, 2010

LDMH Receives 3 Year Accreditation

Leamington, ON – The Board of Directors at their regular meeting of January 26, 2010 received the final Accreditation Report which awarded the hospital with a 3 Year Accreditation.  The staff and physicians were thrilled by the positive comments of the Surveyors.  The Surveyors congratulated Leamington District Memorial Hospital (LDMH) on its leadership, staff commitment and organization-wide quest for improvement.  The Surveyors comments are found throughout the body of the report and included the following highlights: 

• “The Organization is commended for its Strategic Plan Outlook 2020 and the comprehensive and inclusive process that it followed in developing the Plan.  The Organization has identified partners using this process for the integration of some services with other health care providers.”  

• “The governing body has concrete Action Plans to address the funding shortfall, including a realignment of services, defining its role and establishing partnerships with other hospitals.”

• “The integration with Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital (HDGH) is seen by the staff as being very positive.  It enables them to introduce best practice and evidence based medicine.”

• “The accomplishments in voluntarily integrating services with HDGH and other local health integrated network (LHIN) providers are remarkable.  Staff at all levels feel that this is a positive initiative resulting in improvements for quality of care and access provided to the community.”

• “The team has made tremendous efforts in providing information to the inter professional teams.”

Accreditation is a process that provides health organizations with an external peer review to assess the quality of their services based on standards of excellence.

In receiving the report, Board Chair, John Cervini commented “that the results were outstanding having met 95.1% of the quality criteria and dimensions.”  He further stated “the enormous amount of preparation work undertaken has contributed to the positive results and the staff and physicians are to be commended.”

The staff and physicians at LDMH will continue to ensure patient safety, improve patient outcomes and commit to patient satisfaction.  LDMH’s Mission - LDMH is dedicated to improving the health status of the people we serve.  With compassion and in partnership with others we will strive to provide quality, continuity of service and excellence in healthcare.

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For more information:

Roberta Jarecsni, Vice President Patient Services & CNE

(519) 326-2373 ext. 4119

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