The Community Memorial Hospital laboratory is one of only two in southeastern Wisconsin to receive accreditation in three areas of echocardiography — adult transthoracic, adult stress and adult transesophageal.
Echocardiography is a complex imaging technique that relies on the experience and training of both the physician and sonographer. Their interpretive and technical abilities determine the diagnostic accuracy of an echocardiographic examination.
The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) was established with the support of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography (SOPE) to provide a peer review mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality echocardiographic diagnostic evaluations by a process of voluntary accreditation. For more information, visit ICAEL at www.icael.org.