Review and accreditation by independent agencies and organizations helps to ensure that patients receive safe, high-quality care.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Evaluating and accrediting more than 16,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S., the Joint Commission is the nation’s predominant standards-setting and accrediting body. The following Albert Einstein Healthcare Network programs are accredited by the Joint Commission:

• Hospital
• Hospice
• Behavioral Health
• Long-term Care

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities has accredited the following programs at MossRehab, Einstein’s medical rehabilitation provider:

• Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs (Adults)
• Spinal Cord System of Care (Adults and Children)
• Brain Injury Programs: Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient (Adults and Children), Outpatient Rehabilitation (Adults and Children), Home and Community Based (Adults and Children), Long-term Residential (Adults) and Vocational Services.

Other organizations that review the level and safety of services at Einstein Healthcare Network include:

• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (www.acgme.org)
• American College of Surgeons (www.facs.org)
• College of American Pathologists (www.cap.org)
• Pennsylvania Department of Health and Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
• Pennsylvania Medical Society Commission on Continuing Medical Education
• Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (for Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center) (www.patraumasystemsfdn.com)
• Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health