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| St. Johnsville Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Inc. 7 Timmerman Ave., St. Johnsville, NY 13452 518-568-5037 |
| Suggested Visiting Hours: 10am - 8pm additional hrs. can be requested through RFS |
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For Immediate Release:
6/20/11 National Contact: Claire Navaro 202-898-6317
St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Receives National Award for Commitment to
Quality Services:
Bronze-Level Award Honors 3 Long Term Care Organizations
St. Johnsville, NY 6/20/11 - St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has been recognized
as a 2011 recipient of the Bronze-Commitment to Quality National Quality Award for its
outstanding performance in the health care profession. The award, presented by the American
Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), highlights facilities
across the nation that have demonstrated their intention to pursue a rigorous quality
improvement system.
“This award signifies a great commitment to quality care and an important step in raising the
standards sustainable, person-centered care and services,” says Governor Mark Parkinson,
President and CEO of AHCA/NCAL. “We congratulate St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing
Center on this achievement.”
Implemented by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, the National Quality Award Program is centered on the
core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The program assists
providers of long term and post-acute care services in achieving their performance excellence
goals.
The program has three levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Facilities begin the quality improvement
process at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with essential
performance elements such as vision and mission statements and an assessment of customers’
expectations. Bronze applicants must demonstrate their ability to implement a performance
improvement system. A team of trained Examiners reviews each Bronze application to determine
if the facility has met the demands of the criteria. As a recipient of the Bronze-Commitment to
Quality award, St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center may now move forward in
developing approaches and achieving performance levels that meet the criteria required for the
Silver-Achievement in Quality award.
“The recipients of the quality awards exemplify the energy and dedication required to advance
quality care to the next level,” says Chick Stepahin, Chair, AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award
Board of Overseers. “Improving Quality care is an evolutionary cycle, and these facilities are the
forerunners of the movement.”
The awards are sponsored by AHCA/NCAL Associate Business Member My InnerView, a Web-
based applied research and quality-management company that supports leaders across the entire
assisted living, senior housing and skilled nursing profession with tools to measure, benchmark
and improve performance. St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was one of 3 facilities
to receive the Bronze level award. The award will be presented to St. Johnsville Rehabilitation
and Nursing Center during AHCA/NCAL’s 62nd Annual Convention and Exposition, September 18-
21, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV.
6/20/11 National Contact: Claire Navaro 202-898-6317
St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Receives National Award for Commitment to
Quality Services:
Bronze-Level Award Honors 3 Long Term Care Organizations
St. Johnsville, NY 6/20/11 - St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has been recognized
as a 2011 recipient of the Bronze-Commitment to Quality National Quality Award for its
outstanding performance in the health care profession. The award, presented by the American
Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), highlights facilities
across the nation that have demonstrated their intention to pursue a rigorous quality
improvement system.
“This award signifies a great commitment to quality care and an important step in raising the
standards sustainable, person-centered care and services,” says Governor Mark Parkinson,
President and CEO of AHCA/NCAL. “We congratulate St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing
Center on this achievement.”
Implemented by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, the National Quality Award Program is centered on the
core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The program assists
providers of long term and post-acute care services in achieving their performance excellence
goals.
The program has three levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Facilities begin the quality improvement
process at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with essential
performance elements such as vision and mission statements and an assessment of customers’
expectations. Bronze applicants must demonstrate their ability to implement a performance
improvement system. A team of trained Examiners reviews each Bronze application to determine
if the facility has met the demands of the criteria. As a recipient of the Bronze-Commitment to
Quality award, St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center may now move forward in
developing approaches and achieving performance levels that meet the criteria required for the
Silver-Achievement in Quality award.
“The recipients of the quality awards exemplify the energy and dedication required to advance
quality care to the next level,” says Chick Stepahin, Chair, AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award
Board of Overseers. “Improving Quality care is an evolutionary cycle, and these facilities are the
forerunners of the movement.”
The awards are sponsored by AHCA/NCAL Associate Business Member My InnerView, a Web-
based applied research and quality-management company that supports leaders across the entire
assisted living, senior housing and skilled nursing profession with tools to measure, benchmark
and improve performance. St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was one of 3 facilities
to receive the Bronze level award. The award will be presented to St. Johnsville Rehabilitation
and Nursing Center during AHCA/NCAL’s 62nd Annual Convention and Exposition, September 18-
21, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV.
| BRONZE LEVEL AWARD |
