Joint Commission Re-certification for Tailored Healthcare

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CINCINNATI, OH (August 8, 2014) – Health Carousel (parent company of Tailored Healthcare Staffing) is proud to announce that the Joint Commission has awarded them with the re-certification of their Gold Seal Of Approval for healthcare staffing services. The Gold Seal honors companies that fully comply with the Joint Commission’s national set of consensus-based quality standards, as well as those companies who demonstrate a commitment to excellence in providing healthcare staffing.

Healthcare staffing companies have been providing qualified professionals to help healthcare organizations to ensure staffing to meet patient care needs resulting from regional worker shortages, census fluctuations, seasonal demand surges, as well as project work such as electronic medical record system implementations, and new nursing unit openings. The growing and aging U.S. population and the expansion of healthcare through the Affordable Care Act are combining with retirements of baby boomer healthcare professionals to create shortages and maldistributions of nurses and rehabilitation therapy professionals across the U.S. Staffing companies provide a valuable service to help healthcare organizations address these workforce challenges. In October 2004, the Joint Commission launched its certification program in October 2004 with the rapid growth of the healthcare staffing industry in mind, thereby providing a comprehensive and independent evaluation of these staffing firms, as well as their services, to client healthcare organizations.

Health Carousel recently hosted an unannounced, on-site review from the Joint Commission, who arrived to evaluate the company’s compliance with existing organization and quality management standards. These standards paint a picture of the qualifications and competency of the company’s staff, as well as the procedures involving the recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. The Joint Commission also evaluated Health Carousel’s emergency management procedures, their policies regarding privacy and confidential information, and how the company supports their healthcare clients by maintaining a comprehensive quality management process.  The Joint Commission’s certification program offers an independent, comprehensive evaluation of a staffing firm’s ability to provide competent staffing services.

“The external review conducted by the Joint Commission is a powerful validation of our ongoing commitment to providing quality services to our clients and the thousands of healthcare professionals nationwide with whom we work every day,” stated Bill DeVille, CEO and founder of Health Carousel. “The Gold Seal is a reflection of the work we do to uphold the highest standards of patient care and service excellence in our industry.”

“Health care organizations that contract with Health Carousel can look to Joint Commission certification as an assurance that Health Carousel demonstrates a commitment to providing and continuously improving quality services,” says Michele Sacco, M.S., executive director, Health Care Staffing Services Certification, The Joint Commission.

About Health Carousel

Health Carousel is a leading provider of workforce solutions for some of America’s leading healthcare organizations.  The company currently provides staffing in all 50 states – including hospitals, outpatient clinics, magnet facilities, government facilities, schools, and long-term care facilities. Health Carousel operates two separately branded divisions to meet the short-term and long-term recruiting and staffing needs of its clients.  Tailored Healthcare Staffing’s travel staffing services address the short-term and seasonal staffing needs of client healthcare organizations.  PassportUSA’s turnkey international contract-to-hire staffing service helps healthcare organizations to hire and retain healthcare professionals for the long-term by recruiting foreign educated healthcare professionals.  Both divisions recruit and employ registered nurses, allied health professionals (including physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, medical technologists, etc.

Celebrating its 10 year anniversary in October 2014, Health Carousel’s world headquarters is located in Cincinnati, OH, and maintains an affiliate office in Manila, Philippines.

About The Joint Commission

Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public. Their mission is carried out 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 8,000 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 6,800 other healthcare organizations that provide long-term care, assisted living, behavioral healthcare, laboratory, and ambulatory care services.

The Joint Commission also accredits health plans, integrated delivery networks, and other managed care entities. In addition, the Joint Commission provides certification of disease-specific care programs, primary stroke centers, and healthcare staffing services. Operated independently and not-for-profit, the Joint Commission is both the oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting organization in healthcare. Learn more about the Joint Commission at https://www.jointcommission.org.

Media Contact:
Chandler Hill
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chandler@thstravel.com

The Joint Commission’s certification program, launched in October 2004, offers an independent, comprehensive evaluation of a staffing firm’s abilities to provide competent staffing services.