Middletown, NY – Orange Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce that Director of Diagnostic Imaging, Joyce Timko, MBA, CRA, RT(R)(CT)(M), was a guest speaker at the National Association for Medical Imaging Management’s (AHRA) 2019 Annual Meeting in July.
While at the meeting, Ms. Timko shared her experience leading Orange Regional Medical Center through its journey to earn the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence (DICOE) designation in 2018.
Noting that it took more than two years to gain DICOE designation, Ms. Timko explained “It was worth the effort as ORMC is now a leader in diagnostic imaging.”
Earning the ACR DICOE designation can help diagnostic imaging providers stand out among the competition. A two-part presentation at the AHRA 2019 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, examined the DICOE assessment process and included Ms. Timko’s presentation.
To become a DICOE, a department or practice has to meet certain requirements. All modalities that are offered must receive ACR accreditation, for example, and active participation in the Dose Index Registry and General Radiology Improvement Database, are mandatory. Each individual technologist must also pledge to both Imaging Gently and Image Wisely.
Once those baseline criteria are met, Timko explained, a three-person team performs an on-site assessment focused on the facility’s imaging quality, policies, personnel and more. Results are provided at the end of the assessment, and a list of required changes may be requested to make within a certain time frame.
To learn more about Diagnostic Imaging Services at Orange Regional, visit www. ormc.org/diagnosticimaging.
About Orange Regional Medical Center
Orange Regional features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Orange Regional include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Orange Regional Medical Group with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Orange Regional was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Orange Regional also achieved the Healthgrades 2019 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. In 2017, Orange Regional was named the Most Beautiful Hospital in the US and is recognized by US News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital. It is a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7; the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2018 and 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about ORMC, visit www.ormc.org.
