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TUCSON, ARIZ (September 17, 2007) – The Heart Center of Southern
Arizona announced today it is the one of the first nuclear cardiology
laboratories in the United States to receive national accreditation
from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear
Medicine Laboratories (ICANL). ICANL accreditation signifies that the facility has been reviewed by an independent agency that recognizes the laboratory's commitment to quality testing for the diagnosis of heart disease. “We are so pleased to work with the ICANL in the accreditation process and being named a certified nuclear cardiology laboratory in the Tucson region,” said Dr. Kathryn L. Bates, medical director for nuclear cardiology at The Heart Center of Southern Arizona. “This reaffirms our core commitment to detecting cardiovascular disease before the occurrence of heart attacks.” Committed to balancing the changing needs of nuclear medicine, the ICANL was established with the support of sponsoring nuclear medicine and cardiology organizations. The commission provides a peer review mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality diagnostic evaluations by a process of voluntary accreditation. “The general public and members of the nuclear medicine communities will be able to recognize The Heart Center of Southern Arizona’s unmatched commitment to providing quality health care through their recent ICANL accreditation,” said Cindy Weiland, director of accreditation for the ICANL. The Heart Center of Southern Arizona was the first to achieve national accreditation of its Echocardiography Lab through the ICAEL and now adds Nuclear Cardiology to its list of accredited diagnostic imaging services. |
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Associated URL: http://www.icanl.org/icanl/accreditation/whyitcounts.htm |
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