By Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 17--Sixty Michigan mammogram facilities had violations in the past 15 months, according to the third annual Free Press analysis of disciplinary records compiled by the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services.
Most of the problems were minor and corrected within two months, sometimes the same day or week. Minor problems include the failure of staff to complete continuing medical education classes and not performing daily ...uality checks on machines.
But, in a rare action, the state told Northland Radiology to stop performing mammograms at its site at 15521 W. Seven Mile in Detroit because its X ray pictures were so poor.
Northland Radiology stopped performing mammograms at the facility because it was only performing about five mammograms a week, said Anita Craig, mammographer coordinator.
The state inspections are usually announced ahead of time.
Most Michigan mammography facilities have had no violations since 2000.
Many of the 60 facilities also had previous violations dating to 2000. All are in compliance except Northland Radiology's Southfield facility, which hopes to be in compliance soon.
Here are others: Oakland County Northland Radiology, 20905 Greenfield, Southfield Providence Hospital, 16001 W. Nine Mile, Southfield Birmingham Technology, 511 Pierce, Birmingham Drs. James C. MacKenzie and John R. Joseph, 1777 Axtell, Troy Advance Radiological Center PC, 23077 Greenfield, Suite 487, Southfield Wayne County Bon Secours Cottage Diagnostic Center, 21400 Eleven Mile, St. Clair Shores Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit DMC Health Centers, 10201 E.
Jefferson, Detroit Universal Imaging, 8560 Silvery Lane, Suite 100, Dearborn Heights Midwest Health Center, 5050 Schaefer, Dearborn Macomb County St. John North Shores Hospital, 26755 Ballard, Harrison Twp. Bi-County Community Hospital, 13355 E. Ten Mile, Warren Romeo Plank Diagnostic Center, 46591 Romeo Plank, Suite 135, Macomb Out-state St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital, 620 Byron Road, Howell McLaren Women's Imaging, 1314 S. Linden, Flint Gratiot Community Hospital, 300 Warwick, Alma Iron County Community Hospitals Inc., 1400 W. Ice Lake Road, Iron River Oaklawn Hospital, 200 N. Madison, Marshall Ontonagon Memorial Hospital, 601 S. Seventh, Ontonagon Marlette Community Hospital, 2770 Main, Marlette St. Mary's Spectrum Health Mobile Mammography Service, Grand Rapids Borgess Medical Center, 1521 Gull Road, Kalamazoo
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