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Baptist Life Communities nursing centers in Newport and Erlanger receive industry accreditation


Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport and Village Care Center in Erlanger have received Providigm’s Advanced Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Accreditation for 2017.

The recognition identifies the facilities as skilled nursing centers actively performing Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities. Less than 2 percent of the skilled nursing facilities in the country have achieved this advanced level of QAPI accreditation.

Baptist Convalescent Center and Village Care Center are Baptist Life Communities (BLC) nursing centers.

“To achieve Advanced QAPI Accreditation takes a concentrated commitment to the quality in the skilled nursing facility,” says Andrew Kramer, M.D., Chief Executive Officer at Providigm.  “Through both Baptist Convalescent Center’s and Village Care Center’s use of the abaqis Quality Management System, we are able to verify that they are assessing their quality against the full set of federal regulations and quality standards at an ongoing rate and correcting identified issues.”

Presented by independent accreditor, Providigm, LLC, the Advanced QAPI Accreditation confirms that the centers are continually assessing items that affect the residents’ quality of life, such as pain, dignity, and choices that they have in the facility. The accreditation criteria also includes evaluation of quality of care issues, such as weight loss, infections, rehabilitation following acute injury or illness, whether there are enough staff to meet resident needs, and prevention of readmissions to hospital.

“We are extremely proud of the work teams at Baptist Convalescent Center and Village Care Center have accomplished to achieve this accreditation,” said Dr. Robert Long, CEO and President of BLC. “We take quality very seriously and strive to give our residents the quality of life and level of dignity they deserve.”

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