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Organization: Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
Date: October 17, 2008
Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center Recognized For High Quality Breast Health Care
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center has recently been recognized as a Certified Participant of the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program (NQMBC™). This distinguished honor represents a commitment by this breast center to provide the highest level of quality breast health care to patients in their community.
Measuring and comparing quality performance is essential in assessing patient care and allocating resources where improvement is desired. In today's dynamic health care industry, breast centers are faced with providing quality care while simultaneously keeping costs under control. A center's staff must not only be familiar with existing standards of care, but must also be aware of new advances in technology. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center has taken a major step to ensure they provide the best possible quality care to breast patients in their community.
The Shelia R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center, which opened on Henry Mayo's campus in December 2002, has performed over 50,000 procedures and detected 293 cancers. The center offers cancer detection services, including the latest in digital technology for mammograms, highly skilled medical and technical professionals and input and collegial consultancy from the area's leading oncologists and other medical specialists. During hours when a radiologist is present, patients are able to receive their mammogram screening results during their appointment, which often alleviates anxiety.
The Shelia R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center was designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR) in October 2007. Facilities awarded the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence are recognized by the ACR as demonstrating excellence in breast imaging by successfully achieving accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.
The National Consortium of Breast Centers is proud to recognize Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center as a Certified Participant in this program. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center will continue in its commitment to provide the highest quality care to its patients and begins the process to become a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence.
The National Quality Measures for Breast Centers™ were developed by referencing the Health Care Advisory Board's Clinical Quality Dash Board for breast centers published in the fall of 2004. The National Quality Measures for Breast Centers™ reflect more than five years of work, which has culminated in the adoption of more than 33 National Quality Indicators™.
The National Consortium of Breast Centers promotes excellence in breast health care for the general public through a network of diverse professionals dedicated to the active exchange of ideas and resources. It serves as an informational resource and provides support services to those rendering care to people with breast diseases through educational programs, newsletters, a national directory and patient forums. It encourages professionals to concentrate and specialize in activities related to breast disease and encourages the development of programs and centers that address breast disease and promote breast health. It facilitates collaborative research opportunities on issues of breast health; and developed a set of core measures to define, improve and sustain quality standards in breast health care programs and for quality performance in all types of breast health care facilities.
For more information regarding the NQMBC™ Program, visit www.breastcare.org.
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ABOUT HENRY MAYO — Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital is a 221 bed not-for-profit acute care hospital serving the Santa Clarita Valley since 1975. Services include trauma, emergency, intensive care, maternity, surgery, nursing, wound care, behavioral health, and acute rehab, as well as cancer, cardiology, imaging, lab, digestive, respiratory services and physical and occupational therapies. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital is located at 23845 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355-2083. For more information, visit www.henrymayo.com or call 661-253-8000.
