Ethics Committee
Patients and their families may also find themselves involved in ethical questions that arise in the course of care. Community Hospital has a process in place to address ethical issues regarding healthcare.

Should you or a family member desire an ethics consultation, please ask your nurse or contact the patient advocate to contact the Ethics Committee. Learn more about the Ethics Committee.

Patient Safety Goals
Delivering personalized care with leading-edge technology is what we do every day at Community Hospital. But how well we fulfill that entrusted charge is measured largely by our ongoing, widespread assessments of quality of care and patient safety. Community Hospital's Patient Safety Goals.

With those goals in mind, Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) now provides on it's web site Hospital Compare information about patients’ experience of care at our hospital. The HQA is a national public-private collaboration of hospital groups, consumer representatives, physician and nursing organizations, employers and payers, oversight organizations and government agencies dedicated to encouraging hospitals to voluntarily collect and make public quality of care information. The goal of the HQA’s Hospital Compare Web site is to give consumers a broad look at the quality of hospital care.

The National Patient Safety Foundation is an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has been diligently pursuing one mission since its founding in 1997: to improve the safety of patients.

The Colorado Hospital Report Card is a statewide hospital data and clinical outcome report that is available to the general public. The Colorado Hospital Report Card utilizes standardized quality and clinical outcome measures that are endorsed by national organizations, with established standards to measure the performance of healthcare providers and hospitals.

We are the only hospital in the western United States to be accredited through both the Joint Commission and the American Osteopathic Association.

Health Information Privacy
We understand that medical information about our patients' health is personal. We are committed to protecting our patients' privacy.

The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information and gives patients rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes.

This HIPAA notice explains the rights and certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of medical information.

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