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CEO Rosebush with staff at HHHS Minden

HHHS Achieves Almost Perfect Grades in Formal Accreditation

 Article courtesy of Stephen Patrick

 Editor, The County Voice

June 4, 2009

Haliburton Highland Hospital Services (HHHS) President and CEO Paul Rosebush was delighted to inform his Board of Directors at last weeks monthly Board meeting that the organization has successfully achieved an almost perfect grade from Accreditation Canada after an arduous and detailed professional evaluation. “We achieved a very high 95 percent rating of all criteria, which is a great tribute to all our staff, health professionals, and management,” said Rosebush.

“This means we meet or exceed a very demanding national standard of excellence.”

Accreditation Canada is a not-for-profit, independent organization accredited by the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua), and says it, “provides national and international health care organizations with an external peer review process to assess and improve the services they provide to their patients and clients based on standards of  excellence. Accreditation Canada’s programs and guidance have helped organizations promote quality health care for over 50 years.”

The Board formally thanked Rosebush and his staff for their excellent work.  Rosebush also mentioned that the Haliburton and Minden hospitals had recently boasted a zero rate for hospital-based infections, which is another remarkable statistic. He also reported that the H1N1 Swine Flu alert level had been reduced, and added that the recent concern had been a good opportunity for the HHHS to test their pandemic planning protocols.