Santa Rosa, CA June ___, 2017 — Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (SRMH) and Saint Joseph Health Medical
Group have just earned a three-year accreditation in radiation oncology
from the American College of Radiology (ACR). SRMH is the first hospital
in Sonoma County to receive this prestigious designation.
The ACR seal of accreditation attests that SRMH has met the highest standards
for quality and patient safety in radiation oncology. The accreditation
surveyors assessed Round Barn Radiation Oncology Center and Lynch Creek
Radiation Oncology Center during their visit in May. Both facilities are
a service of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and a part of St. Joseph Health
Regional Cancer Care. The comprehensive review included protocols in patient
care and treatment, patient safety, personnel qualifications, adequacy
of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.
“Our ACR accreditation represents over two years of work by many
different individuals,” says Fred David, MD, Co-Medical Director
for Radiation Oncology. “We are very pleased that our patients will
have the extra assurance of high quality care as acknowledged by our ACR
accreditation.”
Radiation oncology (radiation therapy) is the careful use of high-energy
radiation to treat cancer. A radiation oncologist may use radiation to
cure cancer or to relieve a cancer patient’s pain.
The ACR is the nation’s oldest and most widely accepted radiation
oncology accrediting body, with over 650 accredited sites, and 29 years
of accreditation experience. The ACR seal of accreditation represents
the highest level of quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to
facilities meeting specific Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards
developed by ACR after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified radiation
oncologists and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Patient
care and treatment, patient safety, personnel qualifications, adequacy
of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance
programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee
on Radiation Oncology Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice
with a comprehensive report they can use for continuous practice improvement.
The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 36,000
diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, 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.
About St. Joseph Health Regional Cancer Care
St. Joseph Health, Sonoma County (including Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
and Petaluma Valley Hospital) and providers from St. Joseph Health Medical
Group (formerly Annadel Medical Group) have collaborated as St. Joseph
Health Regional Cancer Care, which offers patients a comprehensive spectrum
of cancer treatment. From early detection and diagnosis, to after care
(survivorship care) patients receive exceptional care throughout their
entire cancer journey. Services include screening and diagnostics, imaging,
medical oncology, radiation oncology, high risk program, primary care
oncology and survivorship care, genetic cancer risk evaluation and genetic
testing, clinical trials and research, patient navigation, rehabilitation,
surgery, and multiple support service. To learn more about all of the
services offered please visit
www.stjoesonoma.org/cancer.