ARH Breast Imaging Center Receives ACR Accreditation

January 14, 2008, Low Moor, VA –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 (ACR).

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 diagnostic-interventional 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 & Dianne Loving are to be commended for their dedication, 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., supervising Radiologist of the Breast Imaging Center and Bruce Banning, M.D. are the interpreting Radiologists for the center.

The Breast Imaging Center has recently been relocated to the third floor of the hospital in the newly renovated Women’s Center. Appointments for mammography services can be scheduled by calling 540.862.6789.