MPMC Receives ACR Accreditation for Digital Mammography

Maria Parham Medical Center Receives ACR Accreditation for Digital Mammography

 

Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson has been awarded accreditation in Digital Mammography as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

 

The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Va. awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of the practice. Evaluations are conducted by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. They assess the qualifications of the personnel and the adequacy of facility equipment. The surveyors report their findings to the ACR’s Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report.

 

Bonnie Howell, CRA, RT-R, Director of Diagnostic Imaging at Maria Parham, says, “MPMC is pleased to offer quality digital mammography exams to our community. Our new equipment also allows needle localizations and upright stereotactic biopsy using digital technology.”   Additionally, patients are benefiting by having to spend less time at the appointment. Howell continues, “Our screening patients are pleased with the in and out turn-around with no waiting for processing film.”

 

The ACR is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic and interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

 

For more information on Diagnostic Imaging at Maria Parham Medical Center, please call 436-1730 or go to www.mariaparham.com.