Community Hospital | Serving Western Colorado


Compliance Standards Policies Compliance Standards Policies for Medical Staff and Licensed Independent Practitioners Maintaining compliance with standards from our accreditation bodies requires that Community Hospital educate all staff and licensed independent practitioners regarding specific practices. These practices are outlined in the following policies: Please review the policies and click here to complete the mandatory attestation statement indicating that you have reviewed and understand the materials provided to you. Abuse Child, Domestic, Elder, Vulnerable Patient Behavioral Restraint Use Emergency Operations Plan Forensic Patient Policy High Alert Medications Infection Prevention and Control Plan Medication Administration Times Organ, Tissue, & Bone Donation & Recovery Pain Management Patient Rights & Responsibilities Scope of Services Our accreditation bodies include: The Joint Commission (TJC), Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program/American Osteopathic Association (HFAP/AOA), and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Community Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient Antibiograms: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010. Click here to view. Consent/Refusal for Blood or Blood Products Form Click here to view.	Bylaws/R&Rs Medical Staff Bylaws 2012 Medical Staff Rules and Regulations SearchMedica SearchMedica is a specialized medical search engine that connects medical professionals with well-known, credible journals, peer-reviewed research, and evidence-based articles written for practicing healthcare professionals. SearchMedica is useful for medical professionals seeking the latest meeting abstracts or a quick way to pinpoint topics contained in a wide range of meeting abstracts. In addition to ranking search results according to relevance, SearchMedica also organizes results into categories such as practical articles and news, research reviews and editorials, evidence-based articles and meta-analyses, practice guidelines, clinical trials for patients, continuing medical education, and alternative-complementary medicine. SearchMedica offers medical professionals: A refined search engine with comprehensive searchable article indexes Results that include PubMed’s Medline, but without results related to animal studies or research not relevant to practice Unbiased, objective results by relevance, not popularity like consumer-targeted search engines Results displayed by key categories, for quick identification of the resources most closely matching information needs Click here to use SearchMedica