(Ottawa, Canada) The international division of the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA) is celebrating a $2 million agreement with the Agenzia Regionale Socio Sanitaria del Veneto (ARSS) today in Treviso, Italy. CCHSA has been commissioned to develop and implement an accreditation “program of excellence” for the Veneto Region in northern Italy. The milestone was commemorated with the participation of the Ministry of Health and representatives from the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua).
This agreement is the most recent collaboration between CCHSA International and the region, a partnership which began five years ago with the development of accreditation services for the Oderzo and Villorba districts and the Ca’ Foncello Hospital in Treviso, and the San Martino Hospital in Belluno. “Our work with CCHSA is absolutely essential to our goal of achieving excellence in health care, and is the latest in a number of collaborative projects we have undertaken with CCHSA in the region. CCHSA has a proven track record in guiding health services to achieve high quality care through standards of excellence which are recognized internationally,” said Dr. F. Antonio Compostella, Director of the Agenzia Regionale Socio Sanitaria del Veneto (ARSS).
CCHSA International will work with local project partners, Sistemi Organizzazione e Gestione Servizi Sociali Sanitaria (SOGESS) and Associazione Italiana per il Miglioramento della Qualità e per l'Accreditamento (AMIQA), in this new initiative which will see the development of a customized accreditation program that promotes excellence and quality in health services in five local health systems across the Veneto region: Alto Vicentino, Pieve di Soligo, Dolo e Mirano, Verona, and Rovigo. The program will cover primary, acute, long-term and home care, as well as public health, mental health and substance abuse.
“This most recent project is another example of how countries worldwide are increasingly recognizing the value of accreditation for assessing and improving the quality of their health services. We are very excited to be working with our partners in Italy,” said Wendy Nicklin, President and CEO, Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation. Italy is one of many countries throughout the world - including France, Ireland, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil among others - that have turned to CCHSA’s Canadian accreditation model for guidance and expertise.
CCHSA (www.cchsa-ccass.ca) is a non-for-profit, independent organization that provides national and international health and social service organizations with a voluntary, external peer review to assess the quality of their services based on standards of excellence. CCHSA's programs and guidance have been helping organizations strive for excellence for close to 50 years.
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Contacts
Canada: Liane Craig, Director of Strategic Communications, Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation CCHSA. Liane.Craig@cchsa-ccass.ca
613 738 3800 ext 301
Italy: Cinzia Bon, ARSS, Agenzia Regionale Socio Sanitaria del Veneto (ARSS) Cinzia.Bon@regione.veneto.it
