Quality Assurance

BioCare endeavors to assure that the highest standards of diagnostic ultrasound testing are maintained, by emphasizing numerous quality control measures.
• All ultrasound technologists must be registered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS), or registry eligible. All sonographers must maintain an active registration status with the ARDMS, by earning regular Continuing Medical Education credits, obtained by attending professional conferences/seminars related to their area of expertise. All radiologic technologists must be registered by the state of Massachusetts and credentialed with the American College of Radiology, within their specific fields.    
• All sonographers and technologists have their clinical performance routinely reviewed for technical excellence by the Ultrasound Technical Managers and Radiology Technical Managers, who each have over 20 years of clinical ultrasound and radiologic experience, and by the BioCare Medical Directors.
• BioCare Medical Directors, who are each experts in one or more areas of diagnostic ultrasound specialization, supervise quality control standards over each of the ultrasound specialties.
• Quality Assurance meetings are routinely held by the Ultrasound and Radiology Technical Managers with their staff sonographers, in order to address any quality-related issues.

BioCare places a high priority on Laboratory Accreditation. BioCare is currently an Accredited Ultrasound Laboratory by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and an Accredited Vascular Laboratory by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories. BioCare’s multiple mammography sites are currently accredited by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the American College of Radiology (ACR), and the state of Massachusetts. Accreditations in the fields of echocardiography, and other areas of diagnostic ultrasound, which have only recently become available, are being sought by BioCare Diagnostics.