Memorial Hospital News
Diagnostic imaging department earns gold seal accreditation
02-Jan-2012
The Memorial Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Department’s has been awarded a three-year gold seal term of accreditation in positron emission tomography (PET) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). PET, also called PET imaging or a PET scan, is a type of nuclear medicine imaging.
PET at Memorial Hospital is the latest imaging modality to earn an ACR gold seal of accreditation; it follows digital mammography, CT scan, MRI and nuclear medicine.
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| Nathan Perkins, director |
Nathan Perkins, director of diagnostic imaging at Memorial Hospital, believes these accreditations are essential to providing quality health care in Fremont. “The ACR accreditation guarantees that Memorial Hospital patients are receiving best quality imaging tests,” said Perkins. “Accreditation also ensures that procedures performed at the hospital are done with maximum safety measures in place.”
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed.
For more information about PET scans at Memorial Hospital, contact the diagnostic imaging department a 419.334.6605.
The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 34,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.
Memorial Hospital offers a comprehensive range of health care services, including nationally accredited diagnostic imaging services; complete surgical services; intensive care, including inpatient kidney dialysis; inpatient pediatric care; emergency care; rehabilitation services; obstetric and gynecologic care; pulmonary care; mental health services; hospice care; nationally recognized home health care; nationally accredited cancer care; a nationally certified diabetes program and much more. For more information, visit memorialhcs.org.
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