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Public Relations / Marketing OfficerDavid Bruzzese For Immediate Release Mercy receives mammography accreditation DURANGO, Colo.— Mercy Regional Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term for accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). 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 these findings to the ACR’s Committee in Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report. Mercy’s ultrasound department is also certified by ACR, and certification of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) department is under review by ACR. The ACR is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic-interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services. Mercy Regional Medical Center, a not-for-profit, acute-care hospital, relocated to a new facility the Three Springs / Grandview area of Durango in June 2006. The 212,000-square-foot, $82 million hospital features 82 private patient rooms, five operating suites, state-of-the-art technology, and amenities such as a healing garden. Attached to the hospital is a 153,000-square-foot medical office building that houses 21 provider practices, an outpatient surgery center, and hospital administrative offices. Mercy Regional Medical Center is a member of the not-for-profit, Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives health system, which includes 71 hospitals; 42 long-term care, assisted and independent living and residential facilities; and two community-based health organizations located in 19 states. # # # |
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