The National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA) in Washington, D.C., announced
in June that the Palmer Chiropractic
Clinics affiliated with the Florida
Campus and located in Port Orange and
South Daytona, Fla., have received Recognition
from the Back Pain Recognition Program
(BPRP) for providing superior care to
clinic patients suffering from low back pain.
Additionally, the College’s West Campus
clinic was recently renewed in the NCQA
Back Pain Recognition Program. It originally
received Recognition in 2008. With the
two clinics located on Palmer’s Davenport
Campus having received Recognition in
October 2010, this means that clinics affiliated
with all three of Palmer’s campuses
have received this prestigious national
quality recognition.
To receive Recognition, the Palmer Chiropractic
Clinics were required to pass a
rigorous, comprehensive review of several
key clinical measures demonstrating quality
healthcare delivery and service. These
measures include appropriate imaging for
acute back pain, recommendations for
exercise and attention to health risk
factors, among many others.
“This NCQA recognition for our Florida
Campus clinics, along with the renewal
of our West Campus clinic recognition
and the recognition of our Davenport
Campus clinics last fall, provides
external validation for our patients
and residents in all three of our
campus communities that we have
processes in place to ensure consistent
delivery of high-quality, evidencebased
care in an effort to generate the
best patient outcomes,” said Vice
Chancellor for Clinic Affairs Kurt
Wood, D.C.