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Hospital has accreditation renewed Iqaluit's Qikiqtani General Hospital holds accreditation status for next three yearsJeanne Gagnon Northern News Services Published Monday, Aug 6, 2012
Searcy explained the hospital underwent the voluntary, quality-assurance process with Accreditation Canada this winter, which entails a visit from four surveyors who use 1,591 standards to compare the hospital to a national standard. An 80 per cent acceptance rate is needed to pass, he added, and the Qikiqtani General Hospital acquired 83 per cent.
"Receiving an accreditation is an achievement because there has been hospitals in Canada, and we were one of them at one point in time, that weren't accredited because they had issues," said Searcy. "But that's not the case anymore. We meet the national standards."
The non-profit organization accredited the hospital until February 2015. The hospital is one of the 794 health facilities accredited in Canada, said Searcy.
"We're very proud of the fact we're accredited," he added.
The surveyors identified 36 opportunities for improvement in their report, such as how medication information is recorded in the files and who looks at it, said Searcy. He added the hospital provided information to the accreditors on 19 of those recommendations as of July 18 and will provide information on the other 17 in January.
The Qikiqtani General Hospital was not always accredited, such as in 2006, when Searcy first arrived. The hospital was not accredited from 2006 through 2009.
"I think the fact they got it for a second period in a row shows that (the support and medical staff) are maintaining the standards, doing a good job, and certainly Accreditation Canada doesn't hand out accreditation easily," said Searcy.
"It is a very intensive process and I think they did well in it."
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