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Alleghany Regional Hospital Receives ACR Accreditation

October 20, 2005 - The Alleghany Regional Hospital Breast Imaging Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in Mammography as a result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.

The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, 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 assess the qualifications of the personnel, adequacy of facility equipment, as well as quality assessment and improvement activities, including peer review. The surveyors report their findings to the 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 radiologists, radiation oncologists and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

Connie Salyards, R.T.-R., Team Leader of Imaging states, “The Mammography technologists, Alice Tucker, Kathy Anderson, Kathy Lee & Laurie Gibson are to be commended for their dedication and also the effort and attention placed into developing an exceptional Breast Imaging Center for our patients. The ACR accreditation gives assurance that both staff and equipment have passed a rigorous evaluation.”

Mary E. Zelenik, M.D. is the supervising Radiologist of the Breast Imaging Center. Also associated with the center is Bruce Banning, M.D.

Alleghany Regional Hospital

P.O. Box 7
(I-64W exit 21, between Covington & Clifton Forge)
Low Moor, VA 24457

Telephone: (540) 862-6011

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