San Antonio Regional Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Total Hip and Knee Replacement Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s performance standards.  The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.

The certification, offered in collaboration with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, focuses on the pre-surgical orthopedic consultation to the intraoperative, hospitalization or ambulatory surgical center admission, rehabilitation activities, and follow-up visit with the orthopedic surgeon.

“Advanced Total Hip and Replacement Certification recognizes healthcare organizations committed to fostering continuous quality improvement in patient safety and quality of care,” says Mark Pelletier, RN, MS, chief operating officer, Accreditation and Certification Operations, and chief nursing executive, The Joint Commission. 

Blue Shield of California has selected San Antonio Regional Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities shown to deliver improved patient safety and better health outcomes based on objective measures developed with input from the medical community.

The Orthopedic Institute at San Antonio Regional Hospital has always been committed to ensuring its joint replacement patients receive the highest quality of care. Most recently, the hospital became a member of the American Joint Replacement Registry, an independent, not-for-profit database designed to store comprehensive data about joint replacement procedures. The information collected will help doctors match patients, procedures, and devices to ensure high quality care, excellent surgical experiences and the best possible outcomes.