BREAST MRI - Windsong Radiology Group

BREAST ULTRASOUND
Windsong
Radiology
Group
has
earned the reputation as the premier
facility in Western New York for breast
imaging.
One critical component
in the continuum of breast health
imaging is sonography as an adjunct
to mammography.
55 Spindrift Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
Add-ons are always accepted when
we
receive
10 ARDMS Highly Skilled Certified
a call from a
Breast
Sonographers at Windsong
doctor or when
the patient finds
a lump, and an
immediate work
up is necessary.
Working longer
hours than is
expected each
day is a common
occurrence
for
Windsong
sonographers
Excellence is our
mission, and the
bar can never
be set too high. Left: Tammy Day, RDMS
Omni Pain & Wellness Center
4855 Camp Road
Hamburg, NY 14075
Center: Linda Hosken, MSED, RVT, RDMS, Ultrasound Manager
Right: Deb Seneca, RDMS
Lancaster Office
4893 Transit Road
Depew, NY 14043
Northwoods Medical
3950 E. Robinson Road
W. Amherst, NY 14228
BREAST MRI WRG is FIRST
ACCREDITATION
Imaging Center Pushing Reports on
Windsong Radiology Group is 1st in
WNY and among the 1st in the nation
to receive ACR Accreditation.
Windsong Radiology Group has been awarded
a three year term of accreditation for Breast MRI
Imaging by the American College of Radiology.
Windsong Radiology Group is the first in Western
New York and among the first in the nation to
receive this new accreditation by ACR.
Windsong Radiology Group’s main office
on Spindrift Drive in Williamsville received
the accreditation in early October, and our
Hamburg office on Camp Road received the
ACR accreditation in November.
The American College of Radiology launched
BMRAP Accreditation program in May of this year
for the first time. “Windsong Radiology Group’s
participation in the voluntary ACR Breast MRI
accreditation
program
is
one
more
step in our
never-ending
commitment
to the highest
q u a l i t y
patient care,”
according
to Toni Riley,
Technical
G e n e r a l
Manager.
W
WNY HEALTHeLINK
indsong Radiology Group began
submitting patient records and
reports electronically through Western
New York’s clinical information exchange
in August 2010. It is anticipated that up to
300,000 radiology reports from Windsong
Radiology will be shared through the clinical
information exchange on an annual basis
adding to the millions of reports already
being shared among health providers.
“Windsong is the first independent radiology
practice to join with radiology departments
of our region’s major hospitals in supplying
radiology information through our region’s
clinical information exchange,” said Daniel
E. Porreca, executive director, HEALTHeLINK.
“Radiology reports are a critical diagnostic
tool and having them available to physicians
electronically will help improve the quality
of patient care and reduce duplicative
testing resulting in less radiation exposure
to patients.”
Among the hospitals in the region whose
radiology departments are already sharing
information through HEALTHeLINK include
Catholic Health System, Erie County Medical
Center, Kaleida Health, Roswell Park Cancer
Institute, Mount St. Mary’s Hospital & Health
Center, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical
Center, Olean General Hospital, and WCA
Hospital in Jamestown. Numerous individual
practice are also receiving reports directly
into their EMR systems.
FALL 2010
Windsong Medical Park
55 Spindrift Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
screening mammography.
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 5
Breast Ultrasound requires a skilled
operator, and the number of skilled
technologists and radiologists are very
limited. ARDMS (American Registry of
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers)
certified sonographers fill this need
for skilled breast sonographers. They
must meet established requirements
in length and quality of academic
and clinical education. They must first
verify extensive clinical experience in
breast sonography, and must then pass
the ARDMS Breast Ultrasound written
exam. Together, this demonstrates a
high level of competency in the theory
and practice of breast ultrasound.
This is shown to be most important for
quality practice, as demonstrated by
a task survey of hundreds of ARDMSRegistered
sonographers
currently
working in the field.
Breast ultrasound exams can become
more lengthy as our doctors and • 65-70 Breast Ultrasounds performed each day at technologists become more skilled
Spindrift office.
and they know where cancer can be
• 25-30 Breast US at hiding, and that is why our patients
satellite offices per day.
and doctors trust us for answers. Each • 3/4 patients are
patient receives our full attention for
scheduled each day; the most thorough exam.
1/4 comes from
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Windsong Radiology Group
a 128-slice
Siemens
The New Entrance to 55uses
Spindrift
Drive
CT Scanner
To Be Completed inDefinition-AS
April 2010
Creatinine Screening Available at
MRI, CT, and X-ray studies
where contrast is needed
may require a Creatinine
level for diabetic and renal
impaired patients.
• Dose adaptation to individual
patient’s organ, reducing dose up to
68% with CARE Dose4D.
• Adaptive Dose Shield ensures that
only the dose applied to the patient is
the dose that is clinically relevant.
• Windsong Radiology Group custom builds our CT protocols for children to be fast with no extraneous radiation.
• ACR accredited for pediatric
patients.
®
Pediatric Imaging at
Actual CT patient at Windsong
Windsong Radiology Group adds the new
GE DiscoveryTM XR 650 Scanner
“Long bones, one seamless image.”
Madeline, Age 5
Actual X-Ray Patient at Windsong
Creates a seamless image from
up to 5 separate images for
scoliosis or lower extremity
exams.
The Creatinine level will be
included in the report and
both will be available on
*Available at 55 Spindrift
Drive,
Williamsville
Windsong Radiology Group CT Technologist Kelly Russo, RT, (R)CT, using the i-STAT
hand
held blood
analyzer
office Emily, Age 5
Auto Image Paste
Windsong Radiology Group
can perform it minutes
before the study if a prior
value is not available.
Saving Patients Time
Spine and leg x-rays that used
to take 10 to 15 minutes now
take as little as 45 seconds at
Windsong Radiology Group.
Preparing for Sinus Surgery
Windsong
Radiology
Group radiologists are
working closely with
otolaryngologists
and
Buffalo area hospital
operating rooms that
utilize the Insta-Trak®
System
developed
and manufactured by
GE Medical systems to
offer preoperative CT
scans for Image Guided
Surgery (IMG).
technology to provide
positional
feedback
of instrument location
and compiles the CT
data rendering three
orthogonal views of the
sinus
anatomy-axial,
coronal and sagittal.
The Insta-Trak® System
is available at both
Millard Fillmore Gates
Circle and St. Joseph’s
Hospital Campus.
The Insta-Trak® System
enables the surgeon to
interactively
visualize
the position of surgical
instruments
on
a
computer monitor as
they move through the
patient’s sinus anatomy.
The Insta-Trak® System
utilizes the patient’s
preoperative CT scan
and
electromagnetic
The
patient
will
leave
Windsong with
the
headset
to be used for
surgery and a
CD-ROM that
is loaded with
the
images
to be used in
the operating
room.
Insta-Trak® CT Imaging
at
Corey Hoffman, RT, making the final adjustments to the
Automatic Registration headset before CT Sinus study.