Good Samaritan Hospital Earns Accreditation for Breast Center for Fifth Consecutive Time

The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted accredited status to Catholic Health's Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip for the fifth consecutive time. To achieve voluntary NAPBC accreditation, a breast center demonstrates compliance with the NAPBC standards that address a center’s leadership, clinical services, research, community outreach, professional education, and quality improvement for patients. Breast centers seeking NAPBC accreditation undergo a site visit every three years.
 
As a NAPBC-accredited center, Good Samaritan Hospital’s Breast Health Center is committed to maintaining levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive, patient-centered, multidisciplinary care resulting in high-quality care for patients with breast disease. Patients can be confident that their breast care team includes health care professionals from a variety of disciplines who are committed to working together to provide the best care available through their entire course of treatment. Patients receiving care at a NAPBC-accredited center also have access to information on clinical trials and new treatment options, genetic counseling, and patient-centered services including psychosocial support, rehabilitation services, and survivorship care.   
 
“The teams at both the Catholic Health Cancer Institute and Breast Health Centers at Good Samaritan Hospital are dedicated to their patients, providing multi-disciplinary and compassionate care to all,” said Good Samaritan Hospital President Ruth E. Hennessey. “This, combined with advanced technology such as the Varian® Edge, and onsite specialty services including genetic counseling, have led to some of the best outcomes in prevention, early detection, treatment and survivorship.”     
 
Accreditation by the NAPBC is granted only to those programs that are committed to providing the best possible care to patients with breast cancer. The NAPBC provides the structure and resources to develop and operate a high-quality breast center and accredited program. Patients receiving care at this NAPBC-accredited center have access to:

• Comprehensive care, including a full range of state-of-the-art services
• A multidisciplinary team approach to coordinate the best treatment options
• Information about ongoing clinical trials and new treatment options

Learn more about Catholic Health breast cancer services.