UTICA — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) has recently received accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACS CoC) Accreditation Program. The ACS CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer by setting and raising standards. Accreditation is granted to health-care […]
UTICA — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) has recently received accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACS CoC) Accreditation Program. The ACS CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer by setting and raising standards. Accreditation is granted to health-care institutions demonstrating compliance with the ACS CoC standards, according to an MVHS news release. Each program must undergo a rigorous evaluation and review of its performance and compliance. To maintain accreditation, programs must submit to a site visit every three years. As a CoC-accredited institution, MVHS also becomes an ACS Surgical Quality Partner, which signifies an institution’s dedicated to consistently improving procedures and approaches. The designation lets patients know MVHS is dedicated to quality and has been verified or accredited by the ACS. “ACS quality programs are grounded in more than a century of experience and participation is an important measure of a hospital’s surgical quality,” ACS Executive Director and CEO Patricia L. Turner said in the release. “As an ACS Surgical Quality Partner, Mohawk Valley Health System has shown a commitment to providing the best possible patient care, evaluating that care in a rigorous fashion and dedicated themselves to continuous self-improvement.” MVHS is the parent organization of the Wynn Hospital, MVHS Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, and the Visiting Nurse Association of Utica and Oneida County. The MVHS Medical Group operates 15 primary-care locations.