AdvanceMed Hanford (AMH) is pleased to announce that it recently achieved the maximum award period of accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). The AAAHC is the preeminent leader in developing standards to advance and promote patient safety, quality and value for ambulatory health care through peer-based accreditation processes, education and research. AAAHC awards accreditation to organizations that it finds to be in compliance with the Accreditation Association standards.

Accreditation is a voluntary process through which an organization is able to measure the quality of its services and performance against nationally recognized standards. The accreditation process involves self-assessment by the organization, as well as a thorough review by the Accreditation Association's expert surveyors, who themselves have extensive experience in the ambulatory health care environment.

AMH maintains an unwavering commitment to provide the highest level of quality care to our patients, and the same high level of conduct in our business practices. This award status reflects confidence that AMH meets, and will continue to demonstrate through the accreditation term, the attributes of an accreditable organization as reflected in the standards found in the Accreditation Handbook for Ambulatory Health Care. The dedication and effort it took for AMH to maintain its accreditation was substantial and the continued compliance with these standards underscores our commitment to continual self-evaluation and improvement.