CARRINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Receives ACR Accreditation

The Carrington Health Center Radiology Department has been awarded a 3-year term of accreditation in Mammographic Imaging Services as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.

The ACR, headquartered in Reston, VA, awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of the practice.  Evaluations are conducted by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field.  They assess the qualifications of the personnel and the adequacy of facility equipment.  The surveyors report their findings to the ACR’s Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report.

The Carrington Health Center Radiology Department has three registered Mammography Technologists, pictured left to right:  Rebecca Anderson, Pam Adams and Brenda Bush.

Mammography services are provided Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.  Please call the Radiology Department at 652-7151 to schedule an appointment. 

Radiology Technologist Completes CT Certification

Luke Kutz, a registered X-ray technologist at Carrington Health Center, recently wrote an examination for the National Registry of CT Scanning and became the first registered CT technologist in our region.  Luke has been an employee of Carrington Health Center for four years.  We are proud of his motivation and desire to become a specialist in his field!

Carrington Health Center Radiology

Four registered Radiology Technologists staff the Carrington Health Center Radiology department.  One of the three Mammography Technologists is also a Registered Ultrasonographer.  In order to maintain a registry status each technologist is required to attend continuing education.  This helps them stay abreast of new procedures and changes made in their field.  A registered technologist is available at Carrington Health Center 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

MeritCare Radiologists read and interpret all x-rays and procedures done in the Radiology department.  The radiologists are also available at the health center on Tuesdays to do specialized studies requiring an on-site physician.  If a Radiologist’s opinion is needed at any other time, our films can be sent to MeritCare by teleradiology and a report will be called to our facility by the on-call Radiologist within an hour.

The Radiology Technologists take great pride in offering the following procedures at Carrington Health Center:

• Routine radiology
• Assisting the Radiologist with special studies, i.e. fluoroscopy (esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines), arthrograms, venograms and voiding
• Cystourethrograms
• Mammography to include biopsies
• CT scanning
• Ultrasound, including abdominal, obstetrical, and vascular
• EKG’s
• Holter Monitors

The following services are offered at Carrington Health Center weekly by a mobile service:

• MRI’s (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
• Nuclear Medicine
• Echo (Heart) Ultrasounds
• DEXA Scans (used to diagnose osteoporosis)

If you have any questions concerning a test you are scheduled for, or contemplating having, please call the Radiology Department at 652-7151. 

Radiology Department

Carrington Health Center

800 N 4th St, PO Box 461

Carrington, ND  58421-0461