Clarksville
Imaging Center Receives ACR Accreditation
(April 2, 2007)
Clarksville
Imaging Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in
MRI as a result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.
Clarksville Imaging Center's MRI unit is the only ACR accredited unit
in Clarksville.
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.
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.