CEO SUMMARY: In Utica, New York, 201-bed St. Elizabeth Medical Center was the first hospital in New York State and one of the first five hospitals nationwide to meet the new accreditation standard from DNV Healthcare, of Cincinnati, Ohio. St. Elizabeth administrators credit use of this new accreditation process in helping the hospital improve efficiency, […]
Accreditation with DNV Helps Hospital Raise Inpatient Volume
Earns Dual Medicare and ISO 9001 Accreditation
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XVI No. 8 - June 8, 2009 Issue
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