St. Alexius Medical Center Receives ACR Accreditation
Posted on 5/19/2009
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St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in 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.
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.
The St. Alexius Medical Imaging and Radiology Center of Excellence uses certified radiology technologists who have received specialized education in the areas of patient care, principles of radiation exposure, radiographic positioning and radiation protection.
St. Alexius Medical Center uses digital mammography as a quicker and more precise diagnostic tool. With digital mammograms there is no need to develop the film. Digital images allow the radiologists to enlarge and enhance the image, adjust the contrast and zoom in on specific areas.