Cincinnati Children's Accreditations
When a hospital is accredited by an organization, it means it has met the defined standards or predetermined criteria of that accrediting agency. By definition, accreditation is voluntary as opposed to regulation which are requirements found in law or statute.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center works hard to comply with all regulatory requirements and seeks accreditation from several organizations for a variety of reasons, which include:
- Accreditation can indicate that we deliver the highest quality of care—some are considered the "gold standard" of care
- Professional schools require Joint Commission accreditation if we wish, as a teaching institution, to train nursing, medical, pharmacy students, etc.
- Third party payors, the entities which provide payment for medical and related services, usually require that we maintain certain accreditations
- The National Institutes of Health require Joint Commission accreditation before awarding clinical research grants to teaching hospitals
The organizations that accredit Cincinnati Children's each focus on specific standards, ranging from high quality care to patient and staff safety.
Our accreditations include, but are not limited to:
- Accreditation Council Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- American Board of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Lab
- American College of Surgeons, Level I Trauma Center
- American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, Cancer Program
- American Dental Association (ADA), Dental Program
- American Diabetes Association, Diabetes Program
- American Society for Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), Pharmacy Residency Program
- Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Program, Inc., (AAHRPP), Research
- College of American Pathologists (CAP), Main Laboratories, Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation
- Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
- Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Echocardiography, Endocardiography Laboratory
- National Children's Alliance
- The Joint Commission, Hospital / Ambulatory, Behavioral Health, Home Care
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