From left: Vinit Raj, Fellow and Quality Coordinator, Health City Cayman Islands; John Doyle, Executive Vice President, Ascension; Alden McLaughlin, Premier of the Cayman Islands; Dr. Chandy Abraham, Facility Director and Head of Medical Services at Health City; and Shomari Scott, Health City’s Marketing Director.
CAYMAN ISLANDS - On the heels of Health City Cayman Islands' first anniversary celebrations, the Caribbean hospital has
received the news that it has earned the prestigious Gold Seal of
Approval from Joint Commission International (JCI), the worldwide leader
in accrediting the quality of healthcare.
The
accreditation commission's on-site evaluation of Health City Cayman
Islands was carried out by a team of international healthcare
specialists who visited the Cayman Islands last month.
"JCI's
endorsement of our state-of-the-art clinical facilities and of the
medical treatment provided by Health City gives us expanded credibility
around the world," stated Dr. Devi Shetty Health City's Founder and
Chairman of Narayana Health.
"We have spent a lot of time carefully selecting and attracting some of the best doctors and surgeons-
with world class supporting services - to our facility, so it is
rewarding to see our efforts recognized with this accreditation by JCI,"
he added.
"Health
City Cayman Islands offers a tremendous opportunity for Ascension to
collaborate with Dr. Shetty and his colleagues at Narayana Health on new
ways of providing high-quality care at a lower overall cost," said Dr.
Anthony R. Tersigni, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascension.
"The partnership holds the promise of helping Ascension live our
Mission in a new and creative way by adapting what we learn to transform
healthcare not just in the Cayman Islands, but around the world. This
Joint Commission International accreditation is an important milestone
in our journey."
Health
City's Facility Director and Head of Medical Services Dr. Chandy
Abraham described JCI's approval as a historic achievement for Health
City. He acknowledged that meeting the stringent accreditation standards
set forth by JCI was attainable only with the coordination and
cooperation of all staff members: "Providing high quality, affordable healthcare is a team effort and one which gives all employees a feeling of pride and prestige to work in an accredited institution."
The
majority of Health City's team members come from institutions where
quality has become a way of life, allowing the hospital to achieve this
important accreditation in such a short time.
"We
opened ourselves up to JCI inspection teams because we are confident we
have built a leading international medical facility staffed by
world-class doctors attracted by the opportunities available at Health
City to practise the best medicine of their lives," said Marketing
Director Shomari Scott. Scott added that Health City is only the second
hospital in the Caribbean to receive "hospital accreditation" - the
other is in the Bahamas.
JCI
is the international arm of The Joint Commission, the leading health
care accreditor in the United States. Since 1994, JCI has been working
with health care organizations, ministries of health, and global
organizations in more than 90 countries. JCI has accredited and
certified more than 410 public and private health care organizations in
more than 45 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.
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, pulmonology, medical oncology
and pediatric endocrinology.
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.
