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About Us
Who We Are
Courtemanche & Associates provide Joint Commission Accreditation (TJC) consultation for hospital survey readiness, TJC compliance, Medication and Patient Safety. We promote quality healthcare, continuous quality improvement (CQI), performance improvement in health care, Joint Commission compliance for regulatory success.
Were an interdisciplinary healthcare firm with nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultation and regulatory affairs. We have assisted organizations in meeting their accreditation and performance improvement goals. Our consultants are experienced in all areas of survey preparation and survey readiness including consultation, education and training for Periodic Performance Review, the Priority Focus Process, Medication Safety, Staffing Effectiveness, Tracer Methodology, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Sentinel Events and Root Cause Analysis.
We troubleshoot organizational challenges and provide expert knowledge and experience for organizations building the foundation for healthcare excellence. With professional assessment and consultation, we assist clients to improve compliance outcomes, reduce risk in healthcare and enhance reimbursement success.
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OUR MISSION
Courtemanche & Associates serve healthcare organizations to improve TJC and regulatory compliance, to improve organizational performance, and to enhance patient outcomes through systematic and professional assessment, education, consultation and evaluation.
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Our services are founded upon the following values:
Synergy Promoting performance improvement, we enhance systematic outcomes.
Excellence Providing quality in service and response, we meet our client needs.
Integrity Adhering to a strict moral and ethical code, we assure fair and impartial appraisals and delivery of accurate results.
Confidentiality Safeguarding organizational information, we pledge to keep privileged information in strict confidence.
Knowledge Educating our clients and ourselves, we enable the integration of new concepts and approaches to achieve organizational goals.
Teamwork Working together, we forge relationships that create the foundation for success.
Results Focusing on results, our clients have consistently achieved high TJC accreditation scores.
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Serving Healthcare
Courtemanche & Associates know that all staff are key to organizational success. Our consultants anticipate the needs of diverse healthcare disciplines and staff and work equally effectively with:
- Chief Executive Officers
- Quality Managers
- Chief Medical Officers
- Chief Nursing Officers
- Clinical Staff
- Non-Clinical Staff
- Line Staff
- Contract Service Staff
- Volunteers
We forge lasting relationships with our clients to assure continuity in meeting future organizational and patient care outcomes. We encourage linkages among our clients to enable networking. We use rapid response accelerated organizational performance improvement and accreditation strategies.
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Who We Serve
We work with organizations of all sizes from 25 beds to over a thousand beds and varying complexity have succeeded using our approaches for TJC preparation and accelerated performance improvement. We address the full spectrum of accreditation programs including:
- Acute Care Hospitals
- University Hospital Systems
- Multi-hospital Systems
- Community Health Settings
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Office Practices
- Behavioral Health Facilities
- Rehabilitation Services
- Diagnostic Services
- Long Term Care
- Assisted Living
- Home Care Services
- Hospice Services
- Laboratory and CLIA Services.
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Our Approach
We foster relationships with organizations to build trust and empower leaders and staff to believe in their abilities, enhance their synergy and achieve their strategic and organizational goals. Our approach works equally well with small and large healthcare organizations and is responsive to changing client needs.
Focus allows us to channel our energy into important organizational goals to create predictable outcomes in patient care and organizational performance. Our services are designed to enable organizations to pull their resources together to capitalize on their strengths and overcome shortcomings. To accomplish this we utilize the following strategies:
- TJC Compliance
- Accreditation and Regulatory Prep
- Enhancing Organizational Synergy
- Accelerating Performance Improvement Initiatives
- Prioritizing Performance Initiatives for Outcome Management
- Leadership Strategies
- Medical Staff Affairs Appraisal
- Integration Strategies
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Our Consultants
Courtemanche & Associates are healthcare consultants who are experienced in accreditation compliance, regulatory requirements, organizational dynamics, synergy building and accelerating performance improvement. Our experts include former TJC trained, accreditation and regulatory professionals, qualified to evaluate compliance with TJC and CMS requirements and to provide consultation, education and training services. They are certified in a number of healthcare areas, are members of professional societies and have served on many healthcare review boards.
Our consultants are experienced in all areas of survey preparation and survey readiness including consultation, education and training for Medication Safety, Staffing Effectiveness, Tracer Methodology, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Sentinel Events and Root Cause Analysis.
Our consultants are up to date with the latest changes in the field and are ready to assist you with the following challenges:
- Periodic Performance Review
- Medication Management
- Patient Safety
- Sentinel Event
- Restraint Use
- Staffing Effectiveness
- Medical Staff Affairs
- Environment of Care / Life Safety Code Compliance
- ASHE Trained Consultants
- Infection Control
- Case management
- Home Care / Hospice
- Ambulatory Care
- Behavioral Health
- Laboratory Review
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