Doctors Hospital of Manteca has recently been recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center in the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program.  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.

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.  Doctors Hospital of Manteca has taken a major step to ensure they provide the best possible quality care to breast patients in their community. 

The Women’s Imaging Center at Doctors Hospital of Manteca uses some of the most advanced imaging procedures available.  All testing is performed by Certified Radiological Technologists, and interpreted by Board Certified Radiologists.  Imaging techniques include Digital Mammography, Breast MRI, Breast Ultrasound/Breast Ultrasound Biopsy, Stereotactic Core Biopsy, and MRI Guided Breast Biopsy.

Personalized care is provided by a Nurse Navigator.   The Nurse Navigator coordinates all aspects of care, from diagnosis to treatment and through the post-operative period.

Alleviating stress and anxiety is the cornerstone of the Women’s Imaging Center by providing a diagnosis within five working days.

The National Consortium of Breast Centers is proud to recognize Doctors Hospital of Manteca as a Certified Quality Breast Center.  Doctors Hospital of Manteca will continue in its commitment to provide the highest quality care to its patients and has begun the process of becoming a Certified Breast Center of Excellence.

The National Consortium of Breast Centers promotes excellence in breast health care for the general public through a network of diverse professionals dedicated to the active exchange of ideas and resources.  It serves as an informational resource and provides support services to those rendering care to people with breast diseases through educational programs, newsletters, a national directory and patient forums.  It encourages professionals to concentrate and specialize in activities related to breast disease and encourages the development of programs and centers that address breast disease and promote breast health.  It facilitates collaborative research opportunities on issues of breast health; and developed a set of core measures to define, improve and sustain quality standards in breast health care programs and for quality performance in all types of breast health care facilities. 

For more information regarding the NQMBC Program, visit www.breastcare.org.

For more information regarding the Breast Center contact Deborah Aventi, R.N., Nurse Navigator at 209-239-8370 or email her at deborah.aventi@tenethealth.com.