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WARWICK, RI — October 30, 2008 — Maddock Center for Radiation Oncology announced it has been accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR). This prestigious national certification is widely recognized as the gold standard for high practice standards. Maddock Center is the sole Rhode Island owned and managed radiation oncology practice in the state. It is the only ACR-accredited facility in southern Rhode Island and only the second in the entire state to receive accreditation.
The Maddock Center underwent a voluntary rigorous evaluation process to receive their three-year accreditation, which determined the Center meets nationally accepted standards of care. The peerreviewed evaluation also certified that its personnel and equipment are qualified and appropriate to
administer radiation therapy treatments, and that the facility meets or exceeds quality assurance and safety guidelines.
“We are proud to receive our ACR certification,” said Dr. Philip Maddock. “It underscores, to our patients and referring physicians, that Maddock Center provides the highest quality treatment and care. Patients do not have to leave Rhode Island to receive the most advanced therapy.”
ABOUT MADDOCK CENTER — Maddock Center for Radiation Oncology is one of the most advanced cancer treatment centers in the Northeast and the only Rhode Island owned and managed radiation oncology practice in the state. Located in Warwick, RI, the Maddock Center offers state-of-the-art radiation therapy technologies. The Maddock Center differs from other area treatment centers by its high therapist to patient ratio, its level of personalized patient care and its willingness to invest in the latest technologies as they become available. Additionally, the Maddock Center is the only radiation therapy center in the Northeast to specialize in unique plesiotherapy treatments for hard-to-treat
and/or disfiguring skin cancers.
ABOUT ACR — The American College of Radiology (ACR) is a professional society of 32,000 members including diagnostic and interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists, whose purpose is to improve the health of patients and society by maximizing the value of radiology and radiologists by: advancing the science of radiology, improving radiological service to the patient, studying the socioeconomic aspects of the practice of radiology, and encouraging improved and continuing education for radiologists and allied professional fields. |
