GENEVA — Geneva General Hospital has recently been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in ultrasound. The accreditation resulted from an extensive review by the American College of Radiology (ACR), according to a news release from UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health, the hospital’s parent organization. Ultrasound imaging, also known as sonography, uses high-frequency sound waves […]
GENEVA — Geneva General Hospital has recently been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in ultrasound.
The accreditation resulted from an extensive review by the American College of Radiology (ACR), according to a news release from UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health, the hospital’s parent organization. Ultrasound imaging, also known as sonography, uses high-frequency sound waves to produce images of internal body parts to help providers diagnose illness, injury, or other medical problems.
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, per the release. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs were among the criteria assessed. The findings are reported back to the medical facility and provide the practice with a comprehensive report that can be used for continuous practice improvement.
Geneva General Hospital is a general acute care hospital providing both primary care and a full range of secondary level services. UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health is an integrated health-care delivery system that provides a full range of acute and long-term health-care services to residents of the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. Acute and long-term care services are provided on three campuses located in Ontario, Seneca, and Yates counties. Primary care services are provided in Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties.
ACR, founded in 1924, is a 42,000-member medical association that advances patient care, medical practice, and collaborative results through advocacy, quality standards, research, and education.
