Lakeside's mammography department receives accreditation

Lakeside's mammography
department receives accreditation

The Mammography Department at Lakeside Memorial Hospital received a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a survey by the American College of Radiology.

The ACR awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of the practice. Evaluations are conducted by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. They assess the qualifications of the personnel and the adequacy of facility equipment. The surveyors report their findings to the ACR's Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report.