LeConte Earns ACR Accreditation in Breast MRI

Danna Moore and Lewis Sartain, members of LeConte’s MRI team, are shown with their accreditation certificate. This accreditation is the most recent available from the American College of Radiology.

LeConte Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). MRI of the breast offers valuable information about many breast conditions that may not be obtained by other imaging modalities, such as mammography or ultrasound.“We’re so proud of our MRI team, and excited about achieving this new accreditation. This certification is a huge asset to our Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, providing a full array of services for our breast patients,” said Teresa Huskey, manager of Diagnostic Services at LeConte Medical Center.

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 36,000 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.