{"id":557897,"date":"2026-04-01T08:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/557897\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:56:25","slug":"salina-regional-health-centers-laboratory-receives-achc-reaccreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/557897\/","title":{"rendered":"Salina Regional Health Center&#8217;s Laboratory receives ACHC reaccreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1774907223149.jpeg\" alt=\"Salina Regional Health Center's Laboratory receives ACHC reaccreditation - Photo, Salina Regional Health Center\"\/>Salina Regional Health Center&#8217;s Laboratory receives ACHC reaccreditation &#8211; Photo, Salina Regional Health Center<\/p>\n<p>Salina Regional Health Center<\/p>\n<p>Salina Regional Health Center\u2019s Laboratory has achieved reaccreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). <\/p>\n<p>The new accreditation was awarded following a twoday onsite survey in February. Federal regulations require all facilities testing human specimens for health assessment, or disease diagnosis and treatment, to be accredited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccreditation assures patients that we\u2019re providing the best possible care,\u201d said Miriam Holzmeister, Laboratory director at Salina Regional Health Center. \u201cThe onsite survey is a rigorous review of our processes and procedures, staff competencies and reporting of data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a hospital-based laboratory, the department runs testing for affiliated hospitals and clinics across the region. <\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Salina Regional\u2019s laboratory performed 2,131,393 tests in the specialty areas of chemistry, diagnostic immunology, hematology, microbiology, coagulation, immunohematology, pathology and molecular testing.<\/p>\n<p>The ACHC is a nonprofit organization that has stood as a symbol of quality and excellence since 1986. <\/p>\n<p>The organization is ISO 9001:2015 certified and has Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services deeming authority for Acute Care Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Clinical Laboratories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salina Regional Health Center&#8217;s Laboratory receives ACHC reaccreditation &#8211; Photo, Salina Regional Health Center Salina Regional Health Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-557897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}