GENEVA, N.Y. — Geneva General Hospital’s Women’s Health Services has been designated a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center by the American College of Radiology (ACR), a recognition awarded to facilities that demonstrate excellence in breast imaging. This designation reflects accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound, including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy and MRI, according to […]
GENEVA, N.Y. — Geneva General Hospital’s Women’s Health Services has been designated a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center by the American College of Radiology (ACR), a recognition awarded to facilities that demonstrate excellence in breast imaging.
This designation reflects accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound, including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy and MRI, according to an announcement from UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health, the hospital’s parent organization. Facilities must meet rigorous standards in image quality, staff qualifications, equipment, quality control, and safety protocols.
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities that meet specific criteria outlined in ACR Practice Parameters and Technical Standards, the announcement stated.
The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 42,000 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.
UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health is an integrated delivery system that provides a full range of acute and long-term health care services to residents of the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. Acute and long-term care services are provided on three campuses located in Ontario, Seneca, and Yates Counties. Primary care services are offered in Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates Counties.
