Cabinet Peaks lab recognized for quality
<p>CPMC Laboratory Staff: Julie Kendall, left, Roger Riddle, Joanna Temple and Lyn Thompson.</p>
Submitted by KATE STEPHENS
Cabinet Peaks Medical Center Laboratory has once again met all criteria for Laboratory Accreditation by COLA, a national healthcare accreditation organization. Accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance of proficiency testing, and pass a rigorous on-site laboratory survey. The CPMC Lab has earned COLA accreditation as a result of long-term commitment to provide quality service to the people of South Lincoln County.
“The standards your laboratory maintains demonstrate your commitment to quality. Your emphasis on quality leads to reliable test results which are essential in assuring excellence in patient care. We also compliment your laboratory staff for its dedication and continued support of COLA standards,” stated Bradley J. Fedderly, MD and Chair of the COLA Board of Directors in a letter congratulating the CPMC Laboratory Department on their survey results.
COLA is a nonprofit, physician-directed organization promoting quality and excellence in medicine and patient care through programs of voluntary education, achievement, and accreditation. COLA is also approved by the federal government and sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Physicians – American Society of Internal Medicine.
“I am very proud of my team for the consistent quality care that they offer to the people of South Lincoln County,” stated Roger Riddle, Laboratory Department Manager at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center. “It is because of their dedication to their patients, to our quality initiatives, and to this organization that we are able to maintain our accreditation with COLA, and have maintained it for years. They care about each of the patients who walk through our doors, and do everything in their power to assure that each patient is treated like family and given quality, compassionate care and reliable results.”