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Outpatient Mammography Update
Both quality and safety are top priorities in our mammography departments and throughout John Muir Health. Before you walk in the door at one of our mammography facilities, it is important to know that we have are inspected and reviewed on a regular basis by a variety of accrediting agencies. Of those, here are two agencies and the numerous requirements we are obliged to meet to assure your safety and quality of care.
State of California Health Branch – inspections yearly include:
- Machine testing
- Physicists reports
- Maintenance and Quality Control
- Licensure and Credentialing of Radiologists, Physicists and Technologists
- Audit of reporting systems, and clear communications of the results
- Review of policies and procedures as dictated by Title 17 and the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA)
American College of Radiology Accreditation – inspection every 3 years includes:
- Submissions of images from each imaging unit
- Physicists report,
- Maintenance and Quality Control
- Licensure and credentialing of Radiologists, Physicists and Technologists
The violations that were listed on the NBC 11 news report on April 29th, 2008 were level 2 and 3, which are non technical and have no direct impact on the quality of patient care.
The minor deficiencies that were found were quickly resolved and had no effect on the quality of care delivered to our patients.
You can read more about the quality of our medical imaging departments here.
John Muir Health plans to provide digital mammograms at all of our locations by the end of 2008.
If you would like to get your mammogram but do not have a physician click here to find one.
(Posted May 2, 2008)