Rush-Copley Designated an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

(October 7, 2009) Rush-Copley has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR).  This award from the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in all of the College's voluntary, breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program. Rush-Copley is the only hospital in the greater Fox Valley area, and only one of 17 facilities in the state to receive the designation.

The breast imaging services at Rush-Copley are fully accredited in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, have determined that Rush-Copley has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.

Rush-Copley offers leading-edge screening and treatment for breast cancer.  The medical center's breast health program has outstanding outcomes - among the highest in the state.  Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center provides a full continuum of care, including education, screenings, diagnosis and treatment, as well as social and spiritual issues.  In addition to the Breast Imaging Center of Excellence accreditation,
Rush-Copley's breast health program also provides patients with some distinct advantages including convenient appointments at both the hospital's Aurora campus and at Rush-Copley Healthcare Center in Yorkville, as well as same-day results in most cases.

About ACR
The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Va., is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs for focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology, as well as the delivery of comprehensive health care services.