Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin (right) and Dr. Chandy Abraham of Health City Cayman Islands
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JCI Accreditation Puts Cayman Islands on the Global Healthcare Map
GEORGE
TOWN, Cayman Islands - The Premier of the Cayman Islands
believes a new Caribbean hospital's accreditation will stimulate
interest in the Caribbean destination as a premier location for
world-class healthcare and medical tourism.
Speaking at a press conference marking the award of the Joint Commission International's (JCI)
Gold Seal of Approval to Health City Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands
Premier Alden McLaughlin said the award meant Health City was now on the
map for potential patients from all over the globe and particularly the
United States where the JCI accreditation is highly regarded as one
that ensures the highest quality of services within a healthcare
environment.
"It means that Health City now operates on par with
its peers in the United States, offering the same level of top quality
healthcare as some of the best hospitals in the world. It means that overseas patients are safe in the knowledge that they will receive excellent healthcare," the Premier asserted.
A
little more than year after it opened its doors to patients, Health
City Cayman Islands, located in Grand Cayman, earned the designation
from JCI, the worldwide leader in accrediting the quality of hospitals.
Premier
McLaughlin pointed to the wider linkages of the hospital's success: "A
strong economy is the lifeblood of our country, and Health City is doing
its part to ensure Cayman's economy is robust. Not only will we see the
number of tourists significantly increasing as patients and their
families come to the Cayman Islands for healing and care, but ancillary
services have already felt economic benefits. I am talking here of
(national airline) Cayman Airways, hotels, hire car businesses,
restaurants, shops and others who cater to those seeking out the
excellent services of Health City."
Dr.
Chandy Abraham, Health City's Facility Director and Head of Medical
Services, was gratified Health City met the highest expectations and
delivered on its promises. "This accreditation also lets our target
population know that we are tested and have passed with flying colors.
It is a recognition of Health City Cayman Islands being a center of
excellence across the globe."
John
D. Doyle, President and CEO of Ascension Holdings, saw synergies being
created from Ascension's partnership with Health City: "We know that Dr. (Devi) Shetty and
Narayana (Health) have introduced new health care methods in their
communities in India. It is our hope that their knowledge, combined with
our experience, will produce new models that make high-quality,
low-cost care accessible for all the people of this region, and in fact
around the world."
JCI
is the international arm of The Joint Commission, the leading health
care accreditor in the United States. JCI has accredited and certified
725 public and private health care organizations in 62 countries since
accrediting its first hospital in 1999.
The
Joint Commission International Hospital Standards aim to stimulate
continuous, systematic and organization-wide improvements in daily
performance and in the outcomes of patient care.
JCI
will continue to monitor Health City Cayman Islands for compliance with
all of the JCI Hospital standards on an ongoing basis throughout the
three year accreditation cycle.
About Health City Cayman Islands
Health
City Cayman Islands, the vision of renowned heart surgeon and
humanitarian Dr. Devi Shetty, is supported by two major healthcare
organizations, Narayana Health and the U.S.-based Ascension. Narayana
Health is one of the leading healthcare chains in India with 32
hospitals which offer high quality services which are affordable to all.
Ascension, based in the United States, is that nation's largest
faith-based and nonprofit health system, providing the highest quality
care to all with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable.
Health City Cayman Islands provides compassionate, high-quality,
affordable healthcare services for all in a world-class, comfortable,
patient-centered environment. Offering healthcare to international,
regional and local patients, Health City Cayman Islands delivers
excellence in adult and pediatric cardiology, cardiac surgery,
orthopedics and sports medicine, pulmonology, medical oncology, spine
surgery, bariatric surgery and pediatric endocrinology.
For further information, visit www.
healthcitycaymanislands.com.
About Ascension
Ascension (www.ascension.org)
is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation
through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest
non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world's largest Catholic
health system, Ascension is committed to delivering person-centered care
to all with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. In
FY2014, Ascension provided $1.8 billion in care of persons living in
poverty and other community benefit programs. More than 150,000
associates and 35,000 affiliated providers serve in 1,900 sites of care -
including 131 hospitals and more than 30 senior care facilities - in 23
states and the District of Columbia. In addition to healthcare
delivery, Ascension subsidiaries provide a variety of services and
solutions including physician practice management, venture capital
investing, treasury management, biomedical engineering, clinical care
management, information services, risk management, and contracting
through Ascension's own group purchasing organization.