Submitted photo DMC Vascular Staff received the good news of a three-year re-accreditation for Vascular Testing. Staff includes Katrina Parlock, left, and Ginny Robinson, right. Not pictured is Rebecca Hicks.

ELKINS — Someone dies every 34 seconds of cardiovascular disease, making early detection of heart disorders, stroke and other disease critical. Early detection is possible through the use of vascular testing and procedures.

Davis Medical Center officials are proud to announce that DMC’s Cardiovascular Lab has been awarded reaccreditation for Vascular Testing by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. Reaccreditation has been granted for a three-year term in the areas of Peripheral Venous Testing, Peripheral Arterial Testing, and Extracranial Cerebrovascular Testing.

“Our team puts patient care first, always,” said Joseph Dibacco, RT, Director of Radiology at DMC. “The reaccreditation reflects our commitment to the comfort, safety and expert care given to each patient. We are proud to bring the highest standards of quality in cardiovascular care.”

IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” that patients can rely on as an indicator of consistent quality care and a commitment to continuous improvement.

The IAC is a nonprofit organization in operation to evaluate and accredit the facilities that provide diagnostic imaging and interventional-based procedures, thus improving the quality of patient care provided in private offices, clinics and hospitals where such services are performed.

The IAC incorporated all of its divisions into one organization in 2008. However, its history actually began more 30 years ago with the inception of IAC Vascular Testing (formerly ICAVL) accreditation.

Since 1991, IAC has been developing standards and methods for the evaluation of the quality of care delivered.IAC has further expanded to provide similar peer review processes for multiple imaging modalities within the medical community:

Then in 2010, IAC began to expand its scope of accreditation from imaging to include intervention-based accreditation programs.

Presently, IAC continues to grow through the multi-specialty, intersocietal collaboration of a vast array of physicians, technologists, sonographers, physicists and numerous other medical professionals. These individuals represent more than 40 medical specialties that serve as sponsoring organizations, contributing to IAC’s multi-stakeholder efforts.