What It Means to Be Accredited 
An "accredited" designation means an organization or program achieves a certain level of operating performance meeting nationally specified standards for quality and safety.

The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization founded in 1951, is the leader in developing the highest standards of quality and safety measures in health care, and in evaluating organizational performance based on these standards.

Today, more than 18,000 health care providers including Riverside, use Joint Commission standards to guide how they administer care and continuously improve performance. The Joint Commission is the only accrediting organization with the experience and capability to evaluate health care organizations across a continuum of care. Some state governments and national professional associations also offer accreditations or certifications within their specialized field of medicine. 

Riverside Accreditations
Obtaining Joint Commission or other state or association accreditation or certification, is a rigorous and often lengthy process involving demonstrated staff training, clinical proficiency and on site diagnostic and treatment capabilities that meet the highest standards of care. Accreditations are awarded for a specific period of time and must be periodically renewed. Riverside is proud to have obtained the following accreditations and certifications: 

Hospital Accreditations 

• Riverside Regional Medical Center (Joint Commission)
• Riverside Regional Medical Center, Certified Primary Stroke Center (Joint Commission)
• Trauma Center (Commonwealth of Virginia)

Cancer (General)

• Comprehensive Community Cancer Care Center with Commendation (American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer)
• Riverside Regional Medical Center, National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)

Cancer Mammography

• Riverside Diagnostic Center, Oyster Point, American College of Radiology
• Riverside Diagnostic Center, Hampton, American College of Radiology
• Riverside Diagnostic Center, Williamsburg, American College of Radiology

Cancer Breast Ultrasound

• Riverside Diagnostic Center, Oyster Point, American College of Radiology
• Riverside Diagnostic Center, Hampton, American College of Radiology
• Rverside Diagnostic Center, Williamsburg, American College of Radiology
• Riverside Regional Medical Center, American College of Radiology

Cancer (Radiation Oncology)

• Riverside Middle Peninsula Cancer Center, American College of Radiology
• Riverside Radiation Oncology Riverside Cancer Care Center, American College of Radiology
• Williamsburg Radiation Therapy Center, American College of Radiology

Heart and Vascular, (Echo and Nuclear Medicine)

• All Riverside cardiology practices are accredited in Echo, (Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories)
• All Riverside cardiologists are accredited in nuclear medicine, (Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories)

Stroke (Certified Primary Stroke Center)

• Riverside Regional Medical Center, (The Joint Commission)