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Bulletin Board Dental Health Center receives national accreditationThe BU Dental Health Center at 930 Commonwealth Ave. was recently awarded a certificate of accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC). The reaccreditation award recognizes that the center has continued to meet nationally recognized standards for quality health care set by the Chicago-based accrediting organization. "We're pleased and proud to have achieved reaccreditation," says Spencer Frankl, dean of the BU School of Dental Medicine. "The accreditation process is very important and acknowledges that we maintain the highest level of care. Our patients are the ultimate beneficiaries." In order to be accredited, the center undergoes an extensive on-site survey of its facilities and services every three years. The survey team, which visited the center in January, evaluated all aspects of patient care. In a letter to Frankl, AAAHC president William Beeson wrote, "The dedication and effort necessary to achieve accreditation is substantial. The Dental Health Center is to be commended for this accomplishment." The Dental Health Center, which opened in 1991, is a major provider of dental services to members of the BU Dental Health Plan. More than 25 dental professionals at the center provide treatment and preventive care for over 5,200 patients a year.

The AAAHC -- a private, not-for-profit organization -- has accredited more than 900 ambulatory health-care organizations throughout the United States, including single and multispecialty group practices, ambulatory and office-based surgery centers, college and university health services, health maintenance organizations and other managed care systems, dental group practices, community health centers, and occupational health centers.

1 June 2000
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