Wichita Clinic’s Osteoporosis Testing Center Achieves Facility Accreditation

Mark Crabtree, coordinator of the Osteoporosis Testing Center

“Wichita Clinic’s Osteoporosis Testing Center is honored to receive facility accreditation from CASAF,” said Mark Crabtree, R.T., CDT, coordinator of the Center. “We are very pleased to be recognized in the skeletal assessment community for providing outstanding services in accordance with international standards and benchmarks in this field.”

“By applying for and receiving CASAF accreditation, Wichita Clinic’s Osteoporosis Testing Center has demonstrated a commitment to quality programs and services, said Dr. Ed Leib, CASAF Chair.  “Earning CASAF accreditation shows the community and patients that Wichita Clinic has attained a measure of excellence and quality performance in this field.”

Wichita Clinic's Osteoporosis Testing Center is a part of the Rheumatology Department.  Physicians in this department are specialists in musculoskeletal diseases who help determine the causes of osteoporosis and other types of bone diseases. They also assist other physicians by providing and monitoring treatment programs tailored to each patient. These rheumatologists are active in educating the public and health care specialists about this serious health problem.

The Testing Center is consistently chosen to participate in the search for better therapies for osteoporosis together with other leading treatment investigators. Several research projects are underway.

The facility is a full-time testing center with the ability to do peripheral (heel and forearm) as well as central bone densitometry and instant vertebral assessment / morphology. With the experience of conducting over 40,000 exams Wichita Clinic physicians and technologists provide the highest quality of patient care with the latest knowledge and technology that research has to offer.

The Center is credentialed by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Staff physicians are Certified Densitometrists and technologists are Certified Densitometry Technologists.

CASAF Accreditation Standards cover a wide variety of topics including personnel, DXA quality assurance and quality control, scan acquisition and analysis, scan interpretation and reporting, patient and referring physician education, privacy, business ethics and regulatory requirements.

CASAF is an independent international accreditation body and a leader in defining quality and performance issues in skeletal assessment.  For additional information on CASAF visit www.iscd.org.

With over 160 doctors practicing in over 40 specialties, Wichita Clinic P.A. is one of the state’s largest outpatient multi-specialty group practices and is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Owned and governed by its doctors, Wichita Clinic has twelve locations in the Wichita metropolitan area.  More than half a million patient visits were made to Wichita Clinic in 2008. Wichita Clinic operates in Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler counties.

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