Metro Health is taking state-of-the-art care on the road with our new digital mammography van. Five communities in and around Grand Rapids will benefit from the addition of mobile mammography—a service that makes expert care easier for patients in need of a potentially life-saving screening close to home.
The van is now available on a rotating basis atMetro Health Breton, Caledonia, Cascade, Cedar Springs and Hudsonville. It will be able to screen 30 patients a day and provide the benefits of digital technology:
• Crisper, clearer images
• Quicker processing time
• Easy for doctors to read and store in your electronic medical record
Digital mammography was developed to improve the quality of images for women with dense breast tissue. The process allows physicians reviewing the images to manipulate them in order to better identify abnormalities. Younger women also benefit from the technology.
Metro Health also offers digital screening mammography in the offices at our Comstock Park andSouthwest locations, as well as Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming. Traditional analog mammography is offered at Metro Health Lowell until fall 2011 when it converts to digital.
You don’t have to be a patient at Metro Health to schedule a screening mammogram at one of the neighborhood outpatient centers or the hospital. Just call (616) 252-4461 to set up an appointment.
