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Joint Commission International Accreditation
Clemenceau medical center Accredited by
Joint Commission International
Clemenceau medical center in affiliation with Johns Hopkins International has achieved accreditation from Joint Commission International (JCI), USA.
With this, Clemenceau Medical Center joins an exclusive group of few hospitals worldwide, which have passed JCI's stringent clinical quality standards.
"Joint Commission International (JCI)", the international arm of JCAHO, the organization that reviews and accredits American hospitals.
JCAHO is an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 17,000 healthcare organizations in the United States.
The JCI accreditation was awarded to Clemenceau Medical Center after a rigorous onsite evaluation by an international surveyor team of healthcare experts in January this year. The surveyors spent four days interviewing staff and hospital leaders on policies and procedures. They studied the written policies and documentation of the hospital to evaluate whether the hospital was up to the very stringent JCI international standards. They surveyed each department individually .The physical plant of the hospital, equipment, as well as outsourced services was subjected to evaluation, they focus on aspects such as patient safety, patient rights, medication management, bedsides policies and procedures of the organization, surgical infection, anesthesia procedures credentialing of medical staff and nurses, leadership & governance of the organization and many others. The ‘Patient Tracer methodology’ was followed, this involved following the patient from admission to discharge and included examination of patient records and interviewing medical staff. By these methods, the surveyors were able to better evaluate the overall standard of patient care. In JCI, there are 1145 measurable parameters, which to get accredited, a hospital has to fully meet these parameters and Clemenceau medical center has passed this extensive test with distinction.
In the letter addressed to Dr. Mounes Kalaawi CMC Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Ann. Jacobson, Executive Director of JCIA stated, 'The Joint Commission International Accreditation has reviewed the hospital accreditation Survey Findings for Clemenceau Medical Center. It is with great pleasure that I inform you of the decision to grant accreditation to the Clemenceau Medical Center. Congratulations to you, and all the other leaders and staff of Clemenceau medical center in achieving this recognition of your commitment to provide quality care on an ongoing basis. She added, the citizens of Lebanon should be proud that Clemenceau Medical Center is focusing on this most challenging goal – to continuously raise quality to higher levels.
Johns Hopkins Medicine International — the Baltimore, Maryland, USA-based international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine —supported CMC in the JCI accreditation preparation, conducting assessments and mock surveys on the ground and by videoconference.” We commend the executive team, doctors, nursing staff, and all the ancillary and support staff of Clemenceau Medical Center for their commitment to providing quality care that meets the highest international health care standards in safety and quality,” says Harris Benny, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine International. “We are confident that reaching this milestone will help CMC become one of the leading medical facilities in the region and enable it to provide world-class health care to the local community and beyond.”
Accreditation provides a visible commitment by an organization to improve the quality of patient care, to ensure a safe environment and to continually work to reduce risks to patients and staff. The JCI Accreditation today is a recognition of our commitment to this excellence which has been CMC’s passion all along says Dr. Mounes Kalaawi, Chief Executive Officer of CMC “Excellence and relentless commitment for high quality patient care is deeply instilled in Clemenceau Medical Center’s culture and this is personified in CMC’s physicians, nurses and staff. People who share a single focus and are devoted to helping patients. They are inspired to offer great service and gain the community confidence”. Achieving JCI accreditation is not only CMC internal milestone, but also one for Lebanon as a hub and center of medical excellence in the region. It officially recognizes that the practices of our doctors, nurses, staff and the management team at CMC meet the standards of best facilities in the world.
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