Charleston, SC - East Cooper Medical Center recently announced that their West Ashley breast imaging facility, Charleston Breast Center, was awarded the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) accreditation for Breast MRI Services on October 4, 2011.

Charleston Breast Center is the first healthcare facility in the Charleston area to earn this accreditation. The three-year accreditation recognizes the quality and safety of imaging serves delivered by the Charleston Breast Center team. MRI of the Breast offers valuable information about many breast conditions that may not be obtained by other imaging modalities, such as mammography or ultrasound.

The ACR’s accreditation program sets quality standards for breast MRI providers and helps them continuously improve patient care by evaluating the qualifications of personnel, equipment, performance, effectiveness of quality control measures and image quality. The ACR gold seal represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety.

"The process of earning accreditation through the American College of Radiology is not easy. In fact, the ACR accreditation programs are recognized by patients and payers as the industry gold standard" said Keith Holley, director of radiology services at East Cooper Medical Center. "We are extremely proud of Dr. Lisa Baron and the entire Charleston Breast Center team for the hard work and dedication they show their patients every day. It’s that dedication to excellence that has earned this honorable recognition. "

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 34,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists, with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

Charleston Breast Center (CBC), a community-based breast health center located at 1930 Charlie Hall Boulevard, provides breast cancer screening and detection services to women in the Greater Charleston area. Designated by the American College of Radiology as one of only two breast imaging Centers of Excellence in the Lowcountry, the CBC’s specially trained and credentialed breast health team combines expertise with advanced medical technology to detect cancer in its earlier stages. Charleston Breast Center is a division of East Cooper Medical Center. To learn more, visit www.charlestonbreastcenter.com"

East Cooper Medical Center, part of Tenet South Carolina, is a 130-bed acute care hospital located at 2000 Hospital Drive in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.　 Previously located at 1200 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, East Cooper Medical Center has been providing healthcare to the East Cooper community since 1986. Services include, but are not limited to: 24-hour emergency care, women’s and children’s services, diagnostic imaging and interventional services, orthopedics, sports medicine, pain care, adult and pediatric rehabilitation services, wound care services and surgical care, including nationally recognized spine surgery and breast reconstruction surgery.　 East Cooper Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency and has six gold seals of approval for health care quality