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WCCHS celebrates “Heart Month”
All
month long we will have Heart Health related activities to raise awareness about
heart disease.
The 4th Thursday of every month,
Radiology will be accepting appointments until 7:30PM for mammograms, DEXA scans
and routine ultrasound exams. Click here for more information.
We are very pleased to
announce that Wyoming County Community Hospital was awarded $4.2 million from
the New York State Department of Health. Read more...
Wyoming County Community Hospital is proud to
announce its FDA certification for 2009 for mammography. To meet the Mammography
Quality Standards Act Requirements, the hospital undergoes a rigorous review of
its clinical images and must meet federal standards for a variety of functions
including personnel, equipment and quality assurance programs.
Ron
Krawiec, CEO of the Wyoming County Community Health System stated, “We are very
proud of our staff and this certification is a reassurance to our community that
our technologists who perform mammograms and the physicians who interpret them
are meeting the highest standards of care. We also are most appreciative of our
staff member Jennifer Bishoff, RT who completes the bulk of the complex
certification application.
According to Peg Morgan-Hise, director of
outpatient services, “Most insurers recommend that women over age 40, or who
have other risk factors, receive a screening mammogram every one to two years.
Mammograms can detect breast changes in women who have no signs or symptoms of
breast cancer. (Although less common, men also can be diagnosed with breast
cancer.) The women we see appreciate the convenience of getting their mammogram
within a short driving distance from home or work. They can be confident that
all of our Mammographers are Registered Mammography Technologists and that we
have state-of-art- Digital equipment. Everything they need is close to home.”
To schedule a mammogram, a women needs to secure referral from her
primary care physician and call 786-1256 for an appointment. Mammograms are
conducted Monday through Friday between 8:30 am-4:30 pm and usually take about a
half hour. Most patients learn of their results that same day.
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