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RiverBend Medical Group Now Provides the latest in Mammography
RiverBend Medical Group has recently joined an elite group of facilities across the country that share an important commitment to raising the standard of care for every patient. We are proud to be recognized as a certified Pink Ribbon Facility.
As a Pink Ribbon Facility we take pride in providing every woman that comes to us with the newest technology for breast cancer detection. The Chicopee and Springfield locations now feature the state-of-the-art, Selenia™ digital mammography system from Hologic™. Digital mammography produces images that appear on the technologist’s monitor in a matter of seconds. There is no waiting for film to develop, which means a shorter time spent in the exam.
By offering women the latest technology in mammography, we hope to increase the number of area women who follow recommendations for regular annual screenings.
Please call us today to schedule your annual mammogram appointment. For the Chicopee facility please call (413) 598-7161 and for the Springfield facility please call (413) 733-4101, option 4.
Awarded Level 3 Medical Home
On March 16, 2009 RiverBend Medical Group was awarded Level 3 Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Patient Connection®—Patient Centered Medical HomeTM Program for its offices in Chicopee, Springfield, Agawam and Westfield. Recognition is awarded for Levels 1 through 3, with Level 3 being the highest level achievable. RiverBend is the first medical group in Massachusetts to receive Level 3 Recognition.
The Patient Centered Medical Home is a health care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients and their personal physicians. Care is facilitated through procedures and systems that assure that patients get the indicated care when and where they need and want it in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. The Patient Centered Medical Home standards emphasize the use of systematic, patient-centered, coordinated care that supports access, communication and patient involvement. The program was developed to assess whether physician practices are functioning as medical homes and recognize them for these efforts.
NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. The NCQA Recognition Programs, which are built on evidence-based, nationally recognized clinical standards of care, were developed to help physicians and practices support the delivery of high-quality care.
The NCQA Recognition highlights RiverBend’s dedication to delivering quality medical care and our commitment to develop and continuously improve all the facets of our practice that are necessary to achieve that goal. Recognition is awarded only after a rigorous evaluation by NCQA of the practice’s performance in several areas, including access and communication, patient tracking and registry functions, care management, patient self-management, electronic prescribing, test result and referral tracking, performance reporting and improvement, and advanced electronic communication.
RiverBend is extremely proud to have received recognition, not only because of what it says about our practice, but also because of what it communicates to our patients about our commitment to them and to their medical care. They can feel confident about RiverBend and the care they receive from us.