Commitment to Quality

Houston Medical Center and Perry Hospital are fully accredited by The Joint Commission for demonstrating compliance with their national standards for health care quality and safety, earning the Gold Seal of Approval.

Houston Medical Center and Perry Hospital are licensed by the state of Georgia and certified for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Houston Healthcare is also a member of the American Hospital Association, Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) and VHA Georgia.

Houston Healthcare is committed to providing quality health care for our patients and our community and has been recognized for participating in:

• The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100K Lives and 5 Million Lives Campaigns, which develop and implement processes that deploy Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to reduce mortality and emergency codes within our hospitals; deliver reliable, evidence-based care for acute myocardial infarction; prevent adverse drug events; prevent central line infections; and prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurrences.
• GHA Partnership for Healthcare Accountability
• Best Practice Clinical Improvement Initiatives
• Surgical Infection Prevention initiatives