Sacred Heart-Saint Mary’s Hospitals Receives ACR Accreditation

(Rhinelander/Tomahawk, WI) Ministry Health Care is pleased to announce Sacred Heart Hospital in Tomahawk and Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rhinelander has been awarded a three-year term accreditation in Ultrasound as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Individuals involved in the accreditation process included Mike DeBay, Director of Radiology; Ted Shinners, MD; Steven Brown, MD; Sue Valliere, ARDMS; Samantha Jones, ARDMS; Christy Fuss, ARDMS and Kim Ebben, ARDMS. Sacred Heart-Saint Mary’s Hospitals are also accredited for General and Vascular Ultrasound including Peripheral Vascular, Cerebrovascular and Deep Abdominal Vascular.

The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, award 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 ACR is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic and interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

Members of the Ministry Health Care System, Sacred Heart Hospital in Tomahawk, Wisconsin and Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, were founded in 1893 by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. Sacred Heart’s Hospital staffs an 18 bed facility while Saint Mary’s Hospital staffs 73 beds. Together, they offer a wide range of services including 24-hour emergency care, surgery, radiology, cardiac/surgical/medical/special care units, radiation therapy, palliative care services, oncology services, rehabilitation, behavioral health, birthing center, and a variety of outpatient and community wellness programs.