Integrated health systems, from the smallest health centers to the largest organizations of 100+ facilities, face many unique challenges. As a result of mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and growth, and external trends in today’s health care environment, many health systems struggle to deal with processes and procedures that differ between the hospital and laboratory, as well as regulatory changes and cost pressures that can potentially affect the quality of patient care and safety across the entire system.
What can health care organizations do to solve these problems? While it may not seem obvious, taking a network approach to both laboratory and hospital accreditations is the ideal solution.
Download this eBook now to learn more about how a network approach to accreditation can help with:
- Standardization and integration
- Consistency
- Patient safety and quality
- Potential cost saving