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Recognition
Accreditations
Cancer Program Breast Imaging
American College of American College of Radiology
Surgeons Commission The Summa Health Breast
on Cancer Imaging Center at Summa
Our three cancer centers – the Summa Health Parkview Pavilion at
Health Jean and Milton Cooper Pavilion Summa Health System — Barberton
on the campus of Summa Health Campus was designated a Breast Imaging
System — Akron Campus, Summa Health Center of Excellence (BICOE) by the
Parkview Pavilion at Summa Health American College of Radiology (ACR). The
System — Barberton Campus and Summa BICOE designation is awarded to breast
Health Medina Medical Center – are imaging centers that achieve excellence
fully accredited by the American College by seeking and earning accreditation in
of Surgeons Commission on Cancer all of the ACR’s voluntary breast-imaging
(CoC). CoC accreditation is the hallmark accreditation programs and modules, in
of excellence and ensures that quality addition to the mandatory Mammography
standards are consistently met and/or Accreditation Program.
exceeded by our dedicated cancer care
team members. The breast imaging services at Summa
Health Parkview Pavilion are fully
Radiation Oncology accredited in mammography, stereotactic
breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and
American College of Radiology ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.
Summa Health is one of only
two major healthcare systems Breast Cancer Program
in northeast Ohio to earn the
prestigious American College of Radiology National Accreditation Program
(ACR) accreditation in radiation oncology. for Breast Cancers
This places Summa Health amongst a select The Summa Health Breast
group of cancer care providers nationwide. Program at Summa Health
Accreditation is awarded only to facilities System – Barberton Campus has earned
that meet specific practice guidelines and the gold standard for breast cancer care
technical standards developed by ACR after from the National Accreditation Program
a peer-review evaluation by board-certified for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program
radiation oncologists and medical physicists. administered by the American College of
Surgeons. Accreditation by the NAPBC
Medical Oncology is only given to those centers that have
voluntarily committed to provide the
The Quality Oncology highest level of quality breast care and that
Practice Initiative undergo a rigorous evaluation process and
Summa Health is review of their performance.
one of a few cancer centers in Ohio
to meet quality measures for medical
oncology from the American Society of
Clinical Oncology’s Quality Oncology
Practice Initiative (QOPI). QOPI is an
oncologist-led, practice-based quality
improvement program, whose goal is to
promote excellence in cancer care by
helping practices create a culture of self-
examination and improvement.
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