What is ACR Accreditation?

The American College of Radiology (ACR) awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of the practice. Board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in their field conduct these evaluations. They assess the qualifications of the personnel and the adequacy of the facility equipment. The surveyors report their findings to the ACR’s Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report.

ACR Accreditation ensures quality care. To learn more about the American College of Radiology, please visit them at acr.org.

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ACR Accreditation FAQs

Before your imaging procedure ask your physician the following questions:

  • Why is this test needed?
  • How will having this test improve my care?
  • Are there alternatives that do not use radiation and can deliver similar results?
  • Is the facility accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR)?
  • Are pediatric and adult tests delivered using appropriate radiation doses?

When you see the gold seals of accreditation prominently displayed in our imaging facilities, you can be sure that you are in a facility that meets the standards of image quality and safety. Look for the ACR Gold Seals of Accreditation.

To achieve the ACR Gold Seal of Accreditation, our facilities’ personnel qualifications, equipment requirements, quality assurance, and quality control procedures have gone through a rigorous review process and have met specific qualifications. It’s important for patients to know that every aspect of ACR accreditation process is overseen by board-certified, expert, radiologists and medical physicists in advanced diagnostic imaging.

Our facility has voluntarily gone through a rigorous review process to ensure that we meet nationally accepted standards of care.

Our personnel are well qualified, through education and certification, to perform medical imaging, interpret your images, and administer your radiation therapy treatments.

Our equipment is appropriate for the test or treatment you will receive, and our facility meets or exceeds quality assurance and safety guidelines

When you see the ACR gold seal you can rest assure that your prescribed imaging test will be done at a facility that has met the highest level of imaging quality and radiation safety. The facility and its personnel have gone through a comprehensive review to earn accreditation status by the American College of Radiology (ACR), the largest and oldest imaging accrediting body in the U.S. and a professional organization of 34,000 physicians.

Notice to Patients

You have the right to submit comments regarding the facility’s radiology imaging and treatment services. Submit your comments in writing to the following address:

American College of Radiology
Attn: Accreditation Program Patient Comments
1892 Preston White DR.
Reston, VA 20191-4326

For more information, please contact us.