Lake View Hospital Receives CT Accreditation
Posted on Nov 4, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
Lake View Hospital has been awarded a three-year accreditation in CT (computed
tomography) scanning by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
It is the first time that Lake View Hospital has earned the ACR accreditation,
which recognizes Lake View's commitment to the highest level of image
quality and patient safety.
The news of the accreditation comes on the one-year anniversary of Lake
View Hospital's installation of a new, low-dose CT scanner, which
uses the most modern technology available to reduce the radiation dose
to patients while ensuring that physicians still receive a great quality image.
"The accreditation is everything we were doing already, but it's
now recognized," said Terri McDannold, Lake View Hospital's director
of radiology. "Since we started scanning patients eight or nine years
ago, we have increased the speed of the scan and lowered the dose, and
it's less time for patients to be in there."
The ACR accreditation is awarded to facilities which meet ACR practice
guidelines and technical standards and have been evaluated in a peer-review
by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in
the field.
CT scans can be used for diagnosing fractures, tumors, abdominal diseases
and head injuries.
BELOW:
Radiologic technologists Kelsey Raycraft, Victor Murray, Krista Falk, Sarah Edlund.
