The American College of Radiology (ACR) recognized medical facilities in New Jersey and Maine as the first-ever Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellence (DICOE), recognizing a distinctive level of excellence in diagnostic imaging. The awards to the Hackensack University Medical Center in Bergen County, NJ, and the Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Me, were presented at the ACR annual meeting May 7 in Washington.
In order to receive this distinction, facilities must be accredited by the ACR in all modalities they provide, and in which the ACR offers an accreditation program. Then, an on-site team (comprised of a radiologist, a medical physicist, and a radiologic technologist or ACR senior staff member) reviews all aspects of the facility’s operations, including, among other criteria, personnel, equipment specifications, outcomes measurement and quality control systems, safety policies, utilization reviews, facility management, and patient outcomes.
