Four Oaks, NC – CommWell Health, a not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Care (FQHC) system in southeastern North Carolina, recently earned four Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) awards by the Health Resources & Services Administration, a three-year Joint Commission Accreditation for Ambulatory Care and Behavioral Health Care as well as Primary Care Medical Home, and Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition from NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance).
“Our providers and colleagues at CommWell Health have a consistent focus on the quality of care we provide to our patients. Our care teams continually seek opportunities to improve the overall patient experience and health outcomes for their patients, which has resulted in these prestigious awards, accreditations, and recognitions,” shared Dr. Kevin Pressley, MD, Lead Medical Provider of CommWell Health. “We continually work to ensure our excellence tomorrow is greater than our excellence today.
The Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) awards recognize Health Center Program awardees like CommWell Health that have made notable achievements in the areas of access, health care quality, health equity, health information technology, and responding to COVID-19.
CommWell Health earned the following Community Health Quality Recognition badges:
- The Health Center Quality Leader (HCQL) recognition is awarded to Health Centers that demonstrate the best overall clinical quality measure (CQM) performance among all health centers.
- The Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality recognition is awarded to Health Centers that use state-of-the-art technologies to deliver exceptional care.
- The Addressing Social Risk Factors award recognizes Health Centers that are screening for social risk factors impacting patient health, including poverty, race, and education.
- The Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition (PCMH) recognizes Health Centers that deliver high-quality, coordinated care that is focused on an individual patient’s needs.
CommWell Health underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review in July and has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health Care, and Primary Care Medical Home Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. “The Gold Seal is a symbol of continued excellence that reflects CommWell Health’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care”, states Johnson Tilghman, Board Chair of CommWell Health.
The Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition from NCQA emphasizes the use of systematic, patient-centered, integrated care that supports access, communication, and patient involvement.
“NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. Says Mrs. Tripp, “These awards and recognitions demonstrate that CommWell Health has the tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with the highest quality integrated care in the communities we serve.”
