Community Update

MONOC Becomes
Only Ambulance Service in the United States to Receive
All Five National Accreditations

Wall, NJ – April
7, 2014 --- MONOC is pleased to announce that they have just received
a full three year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical
Transport Systems (CAMTS) for their air medical transport program.  MONOC is one of only 165 accredited agencies
throughout the United States to have received this prestigious honor.

CAMTS is dedicated to improving the quality of patient care
and safety of the transport environment for services providing rotor wing,
fixed wing and ground transport systems. 
CAMTS first enacted its Accreditation Standards in 1991, which were
developed by its member organizations as well as with extensive public comment
and input. The Standards are the core element to the CAMTS program, which
declares that the highest priorities for medical transport services companies
are "patient care and safety of the transport environment.”  The process for accreditation examines all
aspects of operations, from management to medical protocols to flight
operations.

This accreditation gives MONOC the distinction of being the
only ambulance service in the United States to have received all five of the
industry’s most coveted accreditations.  MONOC
is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
(CAAS), the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical
Services (CECBEMS), the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education
Programs (CAAHEP) and the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch (NAED).

Vince Robbins, MONOC’s President and Chief Executive
Officer, said “MONOC recognizes the importance of industry accreditations and
their positive effect on patient safety, quality of care and patient
outcomes.  The communities that we serve
can be assured that they are getting world class care utilizing industry
established best practices.”

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MONOC Mobile Health Services is a
non-profit hospital cooperative consisting of 15 acute care hospitals located
throughout New Jersey.  Formed in 1978
MONOC’s mission is to improve health care and reduce costs.  MONOC Mobile Health Services employs over 730
employees and operates a fleet of over 100 ambulances.  Together this shared services consortium acts
as a health care cooperative for these acute care hospitals and over 2.8
million residents that they serve living in more than 1,800 square miles of the
Garden State.

Among its numerous service lines, MONOC
operates MICU Paramedic Services, Helicopter interfacility and 911 services,
Mobile Critical Care Services, and Basic Life Support interfacility and 911
services, the largest EMS education department in New Jersey and a regional
communications dispatch center which handled over 156,000 requests for service
in 2013.