Quality & Accreditation

Peak Vista Community Health Centers (PVCHC) believes that quality applies to clinical care and must also be embraced organization-wide.

To that extent, our Quality Improvement process is a multisystem process which continually addresses and reports formally and informally at the department, director, executive, and board levels. It provides for an ongoing, systematic, and objective evaluation of performance to ensure continuous quality and performance improvement.

PVCHC uses the widely accepted definition of quality given by the Institute of Medicine as its perspective and approach to total quality. 

We define and believe that quality health care should be safe, effective, patient centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

PVCHC is delighted to announce that it has been awarded its third consecutive three-year term of accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, also known as AAAHC or the Accreditation Association, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1979. It is the preeminent leader in developing standards to advance and promote patient safety, quality and value for ambulatory health care through peer-based accreditation processes, education and research. 

Accreditation is ultimately awarded to organizations that are found to be in compliance with the Accreditation Association standards. The Accreditation Association currently accredits over 3,700 organizations in a wide variety of ambulatory health care settings, including ambulatory and office based surgery centers, managed care organizations, as well as Indian and student health centers, among others. With a single focus on the ambulatory care community, the Accreditation Association offers organizations a cost-effective, flexible and collaborative approach to accreditation.

Compliance:

It is the policy of PVCHC that all of its business practices be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations of the United States, the State of Colorado, applicable local laws and ordinances, and the ethical standards/practices of the industry and the organization.

The Standards of Conduct are established to:

• Preserve the integrity of decision making;
• Promote appropriate conduct by Board members, employed contracted healthcare providers, PVCHC employees, consultants, and anyone else doing business with PVCHC (hereinafter “Employees or Contractors”); and
• Ensure that they will act in the best interest of the organization and not use their positions for personal gain.

Our Compliance Plan, therefore, intended as a guide to help implement policies of compliance with all applicable standards.  The laws, regulations and ethical rules that govern healthcare are too numerous to list in the Plan.  Fundamentally, all parties (as defined above) related to PVCHC are expected to conduct business activities honestly and fairly and in the best interests of PVCHC. Each Employee or Contractor is responsible for his/her/its own conduct in complying with the Plan’s content.

If you have questions about Standards of Conduct or compliance, please email us here with a short description of your needs and your contact information.