The American College of Radiology (ACR) has awarded Blessing Health the gold seal of accreditation for a three-year term in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast.
MRI is a noninvasive medical test that uses magnets instead of radiation to take very detailed pictures of the body from many angles to help physicians diagnose and treat medical conditions. MRI creates pictures of soft tissue parts of the body that would sometimes be hard to see using other imaging tests.
Just as mammograms are done using x-ray machines specially designed for the breasts, breast MRI also requires special equipment. Some MRI units have a special device called a dedicated breast coil to image the breasts. Not all hospitals and imaging centers have dedicated breast MRI equipment. The American Cancer Society says if a person is having a breast MRI, it’s important to have it at a facility that has dedicated equipment and can do an MRI-guided breast biopsy if needed.
Blessing also holds MRI accreditation in body, head, angiography (heart), musculoskeletal and spine imaging
The ACR Gold Seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting specific requirements based on ACR Practice Parameters 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.