Warren Hospital earns national recognition for quality respiratory care
February — Warren Hospital has earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of the respiratory care services available in hospitals.
About 700 hospitals, or about 15% of hospitals in the United States, have applied for and received this award. This is the sixth consecutive year that Warren Hospital has been awarded this recognition.
To qualify for the recognition, Warren Hospital provided documentation showing it meets the following conditions:
• All respiratory therapists employed by the hospital to deliver bedside respiratory care services are either legally recognized by the state as competent to provide respiratory care services, or hold the CRT or RRT credential.
• Respiratory therapists are available 24 hours.
• A doctor of medicine or osteopathy is designated as medical director of respiratory care services.
The American Association for Respiratory Care’s QRCR program grew out of concerns among health care leaders and the general public regarding the safety and quality of health care services provided to patients. Hospitals that meet QRCR requirements provide a level of respiratory care consistent with national standards and guidelines.
Respiratory therapists are specially trained health care professionals who work under physicians’ orders to provide a wide range of breathing treatments and other services to people with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, AIDS and other lung or lung-related conditions.
The American Association for Respiratory Care is a membership organization representing more than 46,000 health professionals involved in respiratory care nationwide.
February — Warren Hospital has earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of the respiratory care services available in hospitals.
About 700 hospitals, or about 15% of hospitals in the United States, have applied for and received this award. This is the sixth consecutive year that Warren Hospital has been awarded this recognition.
To qualify for the recognition, Warren Hospital provided documentation showing it meets the following conditions:
• All respiratory therapists employed by the hospital to deliver bedside respiratory care services are either legally recognized by the state as competent to provide respiratory care services, or hold the CRT or RRT credential.
• Respiratory therapists are available 24 hours.
• A doctor of medicine or osteopathy is designated as medical director of respiratory care services.
The American Association for Respiratory Care’s QRCR program grew out of concerns among health care leaders and the general public regarding the safety and quality of health care services provided to patients. Hospitals that meet QRCR requirements provide a level of respiratory care consistent with national standards and guidelines.
Respiratory therapists are specially trained health care professionals who work under physicians’ orders to provide a wide range of breathing treatments and other services to people with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, AIDS and other lung or lung-related conditions.
The American Association for Respiratory Care is a membership organization representing more than 46,000 health professionals involved in respiratory care nationwide.