Mercy Medical Center’s Phyllis Leach Breast Center Receives American College of Radiology Reaccreditation
07 / 27 / 2009
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Maria Heim, Media Relations
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OSHKOSH, Wis. - Mercy Medical Center’s Phyllis Leach Breast Center in Oshkosh, Wis., has been awarded a three-year term of reaccreditation in mammography as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The breast center has been accredited for 15 years, since its first accreditation in 1994.
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 accreditation shows Phyllis Leach Breast Center’s commitment to quality care. The Phyllis Leach Breast Center offers state-of-the-art diagnostic mammography as well as breast biopsy, ductography and breast ultrasound. The center uses digital mammography, the newest advance in breast cancer screening.
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