Saltzer Health’s Medical Imaging Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in computed tomography (CT) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Saltzer Health is an Intermountain Healthcare company.
Saltzer Health’s five-modality Medical Imaging Center opened in March at the Ten Mile Medical Campus in Meridian, Idaho. The 8,700-square-foot center offers convenient, low-cost, patient-centered care with CT, X-ray, MRI, Ultrasound, and DEXA capabilities.
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It’s 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, appropriate patient radiation dose, 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 healthcare services.
“We’re pleased to be recognized for high standards of practice in CT imaging,” says Renee Hawkins, Saltzer Health’s director of medical imaging. “We’re committed to continually implementing practices to improve our quality of care, so receiving the accreditation helps affirm our qualifications and service to our patients.”