MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS

Pushing Ourselves Every Day to Do Our Best

At the Cedars, we never rest with the status quo and constantly push ourselves to provide the highest quality of care. Cedar Crest was the first independently owned and operated facility in the state to receive the Bronze American Health Care Association Step I Quality Award. To qualify, we were required to positively demonstrate our organization-wide commitment to a customer-focused facility mission, identify our customers and what they expect and indicate our how we are striving to meet those needs. The level of commitment and teamwork required to achieve this award is apparent in everyday life at The Cedars. Many of our department leaders have been with the facility since the beginning and fully understand the compassion and commitment required succeed in this “business of care.”

Another outstanding example of our commitment to quality is our accreditation by The Joint Commission of Healthcare Organizations. Receiving accreditation from The Joint Commission is extremely difficult—but it is also completely voluntary. Many facilities have in fact dropped out from the process with less than 10% of RI facilities accredited today. We think that having Joint Commission accreditation sets us apart and that the achievement process keeps our staff and services a cut above.

The Joint Commission

An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 20,500 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting certain performance standards.

Our Mission: To continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.

Vision Statement:  All people always experience the safest, highest quality, best-value health care across all settings.

Rhode Island Health Care Association (RIHCA)

a non-profit organization focused on providing accessible, quality health care to Rhode Islanders.

Each year, more than 6000 Rhode Islanders rely on the 24-hour care provided by members of the Rhode Island Health Care Association. Our skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities are committed to quality health care and consistently rank among the best in the country on resident and family satisfaction surveys.

RIHCA serves as a force for change within the long term care field, providing information, education, and administrative tools for its member nursing homes as well as consumers and policymakers.  Our goal is to enhance long term, rehabilitation and sub-acute care services at every level

The American Health Care Association

A non-profit federation of affiliate state health organizations, together representing more than 11,000 non-profit and for-profit nursing facility, assisted living, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for approximately one million elderly and disabled individuals each day.

Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care

is the trade association representing all licensed homecare, home nursing care, and hospice agencies within the state of Rhode Island.

Established in 1990, the Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care represents all of the licensed home care, home nursing care, and hospice agencies serving clients in every Rhode Island community. In addition, our association is proud to include associate members that provide products and services to support our member home care and hospice agencies.

As the only trade association in our state to promote access to home health care and hospice, the Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care is committed to promoting quality home health care service delivery, ethical health care business practices, and positive client outcomes to ensure that access to home care and hospice remains an integral component of our acute and long term care health care system.