Providence Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three year term of accreditation in Breast Ultrasound, and Core Needle Biopsy as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.

The ACR, hedquartered in Reston, VA, awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of its practice. Evaluations are conducted by board certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. They access the qualifications of the personnel and the adequacy of facility equipment. The surveyors report their finding to 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/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists and medical physicists with programs for focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.