Holy Cross Hospital Awarded Hip and Knee Replacement and Spine Certification from The Joint Commission

Holy Cross Hospital has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval^® for Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, and is the first hospital in Montgomery County to receive Spine Surgery Certification.

"Holy Cross Hospital is pleased to receive Disease-Specific Care Certification from The Joint Commission, the premier health care quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,” said Judith Rogers, president, Holy Cross Hospital. “This acknowledges our culture of excellence for those in our community.”

These certifications recognize that Holy Cross Hospital is a center of excellence for both spine surgery and hip and knee joint replacement.

"The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval acknowledges the high quality care in our spine program at Holy Cross Hospital," added Phil Schneider, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and medical director of the Holy Cross Hospital Spine Center. "It reinforces the fact that we have been providing and continue to provide wonderful care to our spine patients."

To receive certification, programs must meet requirements in three areas:

1. Compliance with consensus-based national standards
2. Effective and consistent use of appropriate, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the discectomy, laminectomy, and spinal fusion patient populations
3. Collection and analysis of a minimum of four performance measures specific to the spinal surgery patient population

"Since the program's inception in 2007, Holy Cross Hospital has maintained excellence in care and patient satisfaction," said Antoni Goral, MD, orthopedic surgeon and medical director of the Holy Cross Hospital Joint Center. "We look forward to the years ahead in which we continue to make such surgery safe and satisfying to our patients through advanced technology and the application of evidence-based supported care programs."