Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center Earns ACR Accreditation

EMPORIA, VA (May 26, 2011) – Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center (SVRMC) has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Mammography is a specific type of imaging test that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. A mammography exam, called a mammogram, is used to aid in the early detection and diagnosis of breast diseases in women. Although SVRMC was not due for an accreditation review of mammography services until 2013, the installation of all new, totally digital mammography equipment earlier this year necessitated this review by the ACR.

The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 34,000 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.

For more information on mammography services at Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center, contact Betty Lou Robinson, R.T. (R) (M) or Lisa Walker R.T. (R) (M) at 434-348-4836.

Pictured with the ACR Accreditation are Lisa Walker R.T. (R) (M) and
Betty Lou Robinson, R.T. (R) (M)