Quality Care Options awarded Health Care Staffing Services Certification from The Joint Commission

(Willow Grove, PA 11.04.2024) – Quality Care Options has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Health Care Staffing Services Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.

 

Health care staffing firms place temporary staff in organizations that direct or provide patient care. Health Care Staffing Services Certification demonstrates Quality Care Options efforts to address how qualifications and competencies of staff are determined, placement of staff and how their performance is monitored.

 

Quality Care Options underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review on 11.01.2024. During the visit, a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with related certification standards including ensuring Consumer Safety, Completeness of Personnel File, Appropriate Evaluation of Clinical Staff, Health Equity. Joint Commission standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts and patients. The reviewers also conducted onsite observations and interviews.

 

“Health Care Staffing Services Certification recognizes health care staffing firms committed to striving for excellence and fostering continuous improvement in patient safety and quality of care,” says Ken Grubbs, DNP, MBA, RN, executive vice president of Accreditation and Certification Operations and chief nursing officer, The Joint Commission. “We commend Quality Care Options for using The Joint Commission certification process to reduce variation in clinical processes and to strengthen its clinical program to drive safer, higher quality and more compassionate care for individuals served.”

 

We are pleased to announce our continued commitment to the Standards of The Joint Commission to ensure we are utilizing the best practices in our daily operation to provide quality staff to our facilities.

 

Our goals are achieved through our mandatory compliance with our personnel files, skills matching of our staff to the facilities and our Complete Credential Guarantee and Competency Management System.

 

Tim Murta RN

 

For more information, please visit The Joint Commission website.