Bucyrus Community Hospital Earned Three-year Accreditation in Mammography

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has awarded a 3-year mammography accreditation to Bucyrus Community Hospital based on a recent survey on the achievement of high practice standards.
ACR is a national organization serving radiologists, radiation oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists with programs that focus on medical imaging and radiation oncology practice and comprehensive healthcare services delivery. Evaluations of practice are conducted by highly experienced board-certified physicians and medical physicists, who assess personnel qualifications and equipment adequacy, then report their findings to the ACR's Committee of Accreditation, which accordingly provides a comprehensive report on the practice.

Southcoast Hospitals Receive Accreditation From ACR

Women’s Imaging: Southcoast Hospitals' Breast Imaging Centers became the first healthcare facilities in the SouthCoast region to be recognized as Centers of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (AC ....Read More

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Dr. Basu Is The First Radiologists To Join The White House Fellows program

Digital Radiography: Pat Basu, MD, MBA, an ACR member and an attending radiologist at Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Hospital, had been recently given an appointment as White House Fellow and Special Assi ....Read More

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ACR And AMA Cooperate For Stronger Mammography Screening Guidelines

Mammography screening programs for breast cancer have been raising several international debates concerning their effectiveness and their guidelines. A number of countries are revising thier screening programs  ....Read More

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Pediatric Residents Not Properly Requesting Imaging Exams

According to a new study, pediatric residents may be in need of more consulting with radiologists when requesting the suitable imaging exam recommended by the ACR. The study was published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR.) The study was titled “Online Survey of Radiologic Ordering Practices by Pediatric Trainees”, it was conducted by Hirsch, Ruzal-Shapiro, and Taragin. Researchers used an online survey carried on resi ....Read More

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