Setting the standards

OHSU Week

CMS, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, requires that hospitals meet specific certification requirements for many of the programs they provide. Achieving certification demonstrates that the hospital meets or exceeds the appropriate standards of clinical readiness, patient safety and patient care. Recently, two teams from OHSU worked closely with DNV Healthcare – a worldwide accreditation and certification organization – to help create those certification requirements for two related programs: Chest Pain and Extracorporeal Life Support. Guests include: Judi Workman, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Critical Care and Emergency Services Firas Zahr - Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab David Zonies - Medical Director, Adult Extracorporeal Life Support Program Anthony Mulholland - Director, Cardiovascular Services Christine Bartlett - Nursing Director, Adult Critical Care