Lackey Memorial Hospital is proud to announce the successful renewal of our DNV Critical Access Hospital Accreditation, reaffirming our ongoing commitment to providing safe, high-quality healthcare to Forest, Scott County, and the surrounding communities.
While accreditation is something Lackey Memorial Hospital has maintained for years, earning renewal is never something we take for granted. It represents the continued hard work of our physicians, nurses, clinical teams, support staff, leadership, and everyone behind the scenes who works each day to provide exceptional care to our patients.
What Is DNV Accreditation?
DNV is an independent organization that evaluates hospitals and healthcare facilities to ensure they meet rigorous standards for quality, safety, and patient care.
For a hospital, accreditation isn’t simply about passing an inspection. The process looks closely at how care is delivered throughout the organization, from clinical practices and patient safety procedures to staff training, hospital operations, quality improvement, and the systems in place to continually evaluate and improve care.
Maintaining DNV accreditation requires an ongoing commitment to these standards. Hospitals are expected to continually assess their processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and demonstrate that quality and patient safety remain priorities throughout the organization.
For our patients, that means knowing Lackey Memorial Hospital is continually working to meet nationally recognized standards while providing the personal, community-focused care our patients have come to expect.
What Does “Critical Access Hospital” Mean?
The term Critical Access Hospital (CAH) is a federal designation for eligible rural hospitals that play an essential role in maintaining access to healthcare in the communities they serve.
For rural communities like ours, having quality healthcare close to home matters. Critical Access Hospitals help ensure patients have access to important services without having to travel long distances to larger metropolitan areas for every healthcare need.
At Lackey Memorial Hospital, that means providing our community with access to emergency care, inpatient services, diagnostic services, surgical care, rehabilitation, specialty care, and a growing range of outpatient services right here in Forest.
Our DNV Critical Access Hospital Accreditation recognizes that Lackey continues to meet the standards required of an accredited hospital while fulfilling an important role in rural healthcare.
A Team Effort Worth Celebrating
Renewing our accreditation is truly a hospital-wide accomplishment.
Every department at Lackey contributes to the quality of care our patients receive. From the team members providing care at the bedside to those working in our laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, rehabilitation, surgical services, environmental services, administration, and countless other areas, maintaining these standards takes everyone working together.
It also reflects something that has always been important to us: continuing to improve.
Healthcare is constantly changing. Technology advances, standards evolve, and the needs of our community change over time. Maintaining accreditation helps keep that focus on improvement at the center of what we do while ensuring our patients remain the reason behind it.
Continuing Our Commitment to Scott County
For Lackey Memorial Hospital, this renewal is both an accomplishment and a reminder of the responsibility we have to the community we serve.
>We’re proud to be a Critical Access Hospital, but we’re even prouder to be your community hospital
Thank you to our physicians, employees, patients, families, and community partners who continue to place their trust in Lackey Memorial Hospital. This renewed DNV accreditation belongs to the entire Lackey team, and we look forward to continuing to provide compassionate, high-quality healthcare close to home for many years to come.
