Release: The VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System is pleased to announce we received accreditation for a period of three years for its Community Living Center rehabilitation programs and services. The latest accreditation survey was the best in the history of VA Eastern Kansas resulting in ZERO findings. Surveyors from the international accrediting body, CARF (theCommission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities), made mention that the VA EasternKansas survey is also the first one they have completed in which zero findings were recorded.By pursuing and achieving accreditation, VA Eastern Kansas has demonstrated that it meetsinternational standards for quality and is committed to pursuing excellence.
This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation an organization can receive and shows our organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process. It has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit its commitment to offering programs and services that are measurable, accountable, and of the highest quality.
VA Eastern Kansas, with medical centers in Topeka and Leavenworth as well as nine other community-based clinics spread throughout eastern Kansas and western Missouri, has been providing care to our nation’s heroes in the Leavenworth area since 1933 and in the Topeka region since 1946. VA Eastern Kansas currently serves more than 37,000 veteran beneficiaries and employees more than 1800 professionals.
CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality,value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF International, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
We would welcome an opportunity to further acquaint you with our services and respond to your questions. We believe our organization is a valuable asset, and our CARF accreditation underscores our commitment to the community of we serve.
For more information on the CARF survey, please visit their site @ https://www.carf.org/home