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.

A Campaign Against Medical Imaging Over-Usage

William R. Hendee, professor of radiology, radiation oncology, biophysics and bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, has recently called on radiologists across USA to mount a campaign against medical imaging over usage. Although Hendee acknowledges the benefits of imaging procedures in enhancing diagnostic accuracy, and guiding medical treatment, yet he objects on imaging procedures which are not justified in such a matter, and do not prove necessary for the patient.