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Joyce Williams,
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(734) 477-6285
Sarah McEntee,
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Monroe Community
Ambulance has received reaccreditation by the national Commission on
Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) for its compliance with
national standards of excellence. The nonprofit service is
accredited through February 2013.
“The public should expect accreditation of
their ambulance service, just as they would expect it of a school or
a hospital,” states Dale Berry, MCA President and CEO.
“By meeting this set of standards in all
areas, we’re showing our community that MCA is a leader in high
quality pre-hospital care.
Everyone who works at MCA contributes to
the success of the reaccreditation process.
We couldn’t do it without them.”
To date, 159
ambulance services in the U.S. are now nationally accredited. In
order to be considered for reaccreditation, services complete a
voluntary review process that includes completion of a comprehensive
application and on-site review by national experts in emergency
medical services.
The Commission is a
nonprofit organization that was established to encourage and promote
quality patient care in America’s medical transportation system. The
primary focus of the Commission’s standards is high-quality patient
care. This is accomplished by establishing national standards which
not only address the delivery of quality patient care, but also the
ambulance service’s total operation and its relationships with other
agencies, the general public and the medical community. The
Commission’s standards often exceed state or local licensing
requirements. MCA also serves as a role model for other ambulance
services hoping to become accredited.
Monroe
Community Ambulance is a nonprofit, nationally accredited ambulance
service that provides emergency medical services to Monroe County
residents outside the City of Monroe.
MCA is a partnership of Mercy Memorial
Hospital System, ProMedica Transportation Network, LifeStar
Ambulance and Huron Valley Ambulance (HVA).
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