TeamHealth Teleradiology Awarded Accreditation from Joint CommissionKNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 20, 2006 – By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's national standards for healthcare quality and safety, TeamHealth Teleradiology has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™. "We sought full accreditation for TeamHealth Teleradiology because we want to demonstrate our commitment to patient safety and quality care for our clients," says D. Alan Taylor, CMPE, senior vice president, operations, for TeamHealth Teleradiology. "We view obtaining the Joint Commission accreditation as another step toward achieving excellence in healthcare." "Joint Commission accreditation sets TeamHealth Teleradiology apart," says Michael Kulczycki, executive director, Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, Joint Commission. "Organizations awarded this Gold Seal of Approval™ dedicate themselves to continuous operational improvement." Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of healthcare accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in healthcare organizations. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 7,800 hospitals and home care organizations and more than 7,300 other healthcare organizations that provide long-term care, assisted living, behavioral healthcare, laboratory, and ambulatory care services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare. About TeamHealth Teleradiology TeamHealth Teleradiology (THT) was founded in 1991 in Durham, North Carolina, by board certified radiologists. At that time, the centralized interpretative services group offered reading expertise in MRI and CT for rural physicians who lacked access to or experience in these modalities. The group provided 24-hour-a-day coverage, including nights and weekends. THT was the first and the largest teleradiology company of its kind. After 15 years in the teleradiology business, THT has evolved its business model. Located in Tampa, Florida, the group serves hospitals and radiology groups in the Central and Eastern time zones, but it will be expanding coverage to other parts of the country this fall. THT is a division of TeamHealth, the nation's largest provider of outsourced physician staffing and administrative services to hospitals and other healthcare providers. TeamHealth serves more than 500 hospital clients and their affiliated clinics and surgical centers in 44 states with a team of approximately 5,000 physicians, mid-level providers, and nurses. TeamHealth provides comprehensive programs for emergency medicine, hospital medicine, intensivist, teleradiology, anesthesiology, pediatrics, and other hospital-based clinical services. |
