þÿ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicodeFFFE"> <title>Facility Closures</title> <style> <!-- h2 {margin-bottom:.0001pt; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single; margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in} li.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in} --> </style> <meta name="Microsoft Border" content="b, default"> </head> <body background="images/ribbon.gif" style="background-attachment: fixed"><!--msnavigation--><table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><!--msnavigation--><td valign="top"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" width="800" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="table1"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <img border="0" src="images/mammobanner.jpg" width="796" height="141"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p align="center"><u> <font size="5" color="#000080"><b>Facility Closures</b></font></u></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="5">Seymour Johnson AFB ceases mammography services</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">SJAFB/4<sup>th</sup> Medical Group will stop performing mammography 03/31/2010.&nbsp; Patient films will still be&nbsp; available at our Radiology Department.&nbsp; If you need to request films, please fax a release to (919)722-0047.&nbsp; If you wish to mail us a release the address is SJAFB/4<sup>th</sup> Medical Group,&nbsp; Radiology Department, 1050 Jabara Ave. , SJAFB, NC&nbsp; 27531.&nbsp; If you have questions, please call us at (919) 722-1863.&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wendy Vandiford RT(R)(M)<br> Radiology<br> 4th MDG/SJAFB<br> 919-722-1865</p> <p>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="5">Scotland Imaging ceases mammography services effective 12/12/08</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Images have been transferred to:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"> Scotland Memorial Hospital<br> 500 Lauchwood Drive<br> Laurinburg, NC&nbsp; 28352<br> (</span>910)-291-7731<p class="MsoNormal" align="left">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="5">Closure of Carolinas Medical Center - Union</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Mammography services have ceased effective 11/17/08.&nbsp; Images will be maintained at the facility until transferred by patient request.&nbsp; Contact information is as follows:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center">Tracy Baucom, RT(R)(M)<br> Imaging Manager<br> Carolinas Medical Center - Union<br> (704)-296-4101</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="5">Closure of Spruce Pine Community Hospital Mobile Services</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">To retrieve mammography films contact:</span></p> <address align="center"> <span style="font-style: normal">S<span style="font-size: 12.0pt">pruce Pine Community Hospital-Memorial Mission</span></span></address> <address align="center"> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal">125 Hospital Drive</span></address> <address align="center"> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal">Spruce Pine, NC,&nbsp; 28777</span></address> <address align="center"> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal">phone:&nbsp; (828)766-1630</span></address> <address align="center"> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal">fax:&nbsp; (828)766-1631</span></address> <address align="center"> &nbsp;</address> <address align="left"> <span style="font-style: normal">Click here for a pdf file of their announcement:&nbsp; <a href="documents/mobiledissolution%20.pdf"> <img border="0" src="images/pdf.gif" width="21" height="22"></a></span></address> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="5">Closure of Mobile Health Outreach</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mobile Health Outreach that operated out of Charlotte, NC is no longer performing mammography and has not done so since August 25, 2005.&nbsp; </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> It has come to our attention that contact information previously posted is no longer accurate.&nbsp; If you need films from Mobile Health Outreach and are unable to contact them, please notify the ACR.&nbsp; If you have updated contact information for this closed facility, it is important that you notify both the ACR (800-227-6440) and the Radiation Protection Section (919-571-4141).</p> <p>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b>Good Hope Hospital Suspends Mammography Operations</b></font><p>To retrieve mammography films contact:</p> <p align="center">Bowman Enterprises<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (919)894-3662 <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PO Box 427 (mailing address) <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 402 West Marion St. (physical&nbsp; address) <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Benson, NC 27504 <p class="MsoNormal" align="left">Updated contact information as of 11/2009:<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Good Hope Hospital<br> c/o Evelyn Wells<br> 79 Quail Ridge<br> Angier, NC 27501</span></p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><u><b><font size="5" color="#000080">What To Do In the Event of Facility Closure</font></b></u></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Before a facility permanently stops performing mammography, it should do the following:</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in" start="1" type="1"> <li class="MsoNormal">Inform its accreditation body that it will no longer be performing mammography;</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Notify the NC Radiation Protection Section;</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Arrange transfer of each patient s medical record (original mammography films and reports) to the mammography facility where the patient will be receiving future care, the patient s referring physician or health care provider, or the patient.&nbsp; <b>This transfer will address the requirement that the facility maintain the patient s permanent medical record for a period of not less than 5 years, or not less than 10 years if no additional mammograms are performed at the facility. </b>&nbsp;</li> </ol> <p class="MsoNormal">The facility should make reasonable attempts to inform its former patients of how they can obtain their mammography records.&nbsp; Facilities that still see patients but have permanently stopped performing mammography may choose to keep the patients  medical records rather than transfer them to another facility (unless the patient requests such a transfer).</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If a facility is unable to arrange for the transfer of each patient s medical record, then that facility could store the medical records in a hospital or make arrangements to warehouse the records.&nbsp; The facility should assure that there is a mechanism to release the films to the appropriate entity when requested and that former patients are made aware of that mechanism.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>If a facility is not able to find an appropriate facility or person to accept the medical records, then that facility is responsible for the medical records.</b>&nbsp; The Radiation Protection Section requests that each facility that is closing or has closed, inform us of how they intend to fulfill their obligations with respect to the patient s medical records.&nbsp; Such information should be sent to:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="384" valign="top" align="justify" height="75"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman">NC Radiation Protection Section&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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