Ann Hooper Center for Women's Imaging has recently been recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence in the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers ProgramTM (NQMBCTM). This distinguished honor represents a commitment by this breast center to provide the highest level of quality breast health care to patients in their community. This level of certification in the NQMBCTM Program is valid for one year.

Measuring and comparing quality performance is essential in assessing patient care and allocating resources where improvement is desired. In today's dynamic health care industry, breast centers are faced with providing quality care while simultaneously keeping costs under control. A center's staff must not only be familiar with existing standards of care, but must also be aware of new advances in technology. Ann Hooper Center for Women's Imaging actively ensures they provide the best possible quality care to breast patients in their community. The new Waldo County General Hospital Ann Hooper Center for Women's Imaging offers state-of-the-art 2D and 3D mammography, breast ultrasound, needle biopsies, and bone density in a beautiful boutique imaging suite. The center also offers breast MRI, patient navigation services, and en suite registration.

The National Consortium of Breast Centers is proud to recognize Ann Hooper Center for Women's Imaging as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence.
The National Quality Measures for Breast CentersTM were developed by referencing the Health Care Advisory Board's Clinical Quality Dash Board for breast centers published in the fall of 2004. The National Quality Measures for Breast CentersTM reflect more than 11 years of work, which has culminated in the adoption of more than 33 National Quality IndicatorsTM.