GREELEY, Colo. (Aug. 18, 2008) — North Colorado Medical Center has been recognized as a Certified Participant of the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program.
The honor represents a commitment by NCMC to provide the highest level of quality breast health care to patients in the community.
Measuring and comparing quality performance is essential in assessing patient care and allocating resources where improvement is desired. In today’s health care industry, breast centers are faced with providing quality care while at the same time trying to keep costs under control. A center’s staff must not only be familiar with existing standards of care, but must also be aware of advances in technology. The Breast Center at NCMC has taken a major step to ensure they provide the best possible quality care to breast patients in their community.
The Breast Center, located in Summit View Medical Commons, 2001 70th Ave. in Greeley, offers the latest diagnostic technology for breast and bone health as well as careful attention to a patient’s needs and comfort.
Procedures provided at the Breast Center include ultrasound guided, stereotactic and MRI biopsies, bone densitometry, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, cyst aspiration, ductogram, needle localization, screening and diagnostic digital mammograms and sentinel lymph node biopsy procedures.
The National Consortium of Breast Centers is proud to recognize NCMC as a Certified Participant in the NQMBC program. The Breast Center at Summit View Medical Commons will continue in its commitment to provide the highest quality care to its patients and now begins the process to become a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence.
For more information about the measurements for this honor or to learn about the National Consortium of Breast Centers, please visit www.bannerhealth.com Keyword: NCMC.
ABOUT NORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER
North Colorado Medical Center is a fully accredited, private, not-for-profit facility licensed to operate 398 beds. It serves as a regional medical center with community-based and specialty services in a service area including southern Wyoming, western Nebraska, western Kansas and northeastern Colorado. A family-centered obstetrics unit, cardiovascular, oncology, ortho/neuro, Level II trauma, Western States Burn Center and acute inpatient rehabilitation are among the many services offered through the medical center. Nearly 400,000 square feet of new patient care space was added to the northern Colorado region when the NCMC opened an expanded facility in December 2005. Included is the CardioVascular Institute of North Colorado featuring state-of-the-art heart services; expanded birthing center and neonatal care unit, new intensive care units and new surgical suites.
ABOUT BANNER HEALTH
Based in Phoenix, Banner Health is one of the largest, not-for-profit health care systems in the country. Banner has 20 facilities that offer an array of services including hospital care, home care, hospice care, nursing registries, surgery centers, laboratories, rehabilitation services. These facilities are located in seven states - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Wyoming. In addition to emergency and medical services, Banner Health medical centers house a variety of specialized services, including heart care, cancer treatment, delivery of high-order multiple births, organ transplants, bone marrow transplants, rehabilitation services, and behavioral health services.
For more information, visit www.BannerHealth.com.
Contact:
Sara Quale, Public Relations Specialist
Banner Health Public Relations, (970) 635-4031
Gene Haffner, Director, Public Relations
North Colorado Medical Center, (970) 350-6133