BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and treat a variety of disease, including many types of cancers, heart disease, and certain other abnormalities within the body.
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines 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.
The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
The BMH Nuclear Medicine Department is an adjunct to the hospital Imaging Department located in the Richards Building. Offering a state-of-the-art CT/SPECT scanner, the department is staffed by lead nuclear medicine technologist Vicky Jelley and nuclear medicine technologist Hayley Crosby who work closely with BMH cardiologists and radiologists to offer critical diagnostic information.