Comprehensive Women’s Health Center at Saint Francis Hospital Attains National Accreditation from the American College of Surgeons

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Saint Francis Hospital today announced that it has once again received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States after skin cancers. Programs accredited by the NAPBC follow a model for organizing and managing a breast center to facilitate multidisciplinary, integrated, and comprehensive breast cancer services. The NAPBC focuses on the spectrum of a patient’s journey with breast cancer or breast disease, including prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship. By setting high standards, NAPBC accreditation guides breast centers in providing comprehensive breast care based on scientific evidence.

“We are proud that Saint Francis Hospital and the Karl J. Krapek, Sr. Comprehensive Women’s Health Center continues to be a leader in innovation for women’s health,” said Christina Metcalf, M.D., Director of Breast Surgery at Saint Francis. “Our comprehensive, multidisciplinary model treats a woman as a whole being, caring for the mind, body, and spirit, while providing high quality, state-of-the-art, award-winning care to the greater Hartford region.”

As an NAPBC-accredited institution, Saint Francis also becomes an ACS Quality Partner. Being a Surgical Quality Partner signifies an institution’s dedication to consistently improving procedures and approaches, while maintaining a critical eye on process at every step. The Surgical Quality Partner designation lets patients know Saint Francis is dedicated to quality and relentless self-improvement and has been verified or accredited by the ACS. Patients can trust that the care they receive at Surgical Quality Partner hospitals adheres to the most rigorous standards in surgical quality.

“ACS Quality programs are grounded in more than a century of experience and participation is an important measure of a hospital’s surgical quality,” said Patricia L. Turner, M.D., MBA, FACS, ACS Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. “As an ACS Surgical Quality Partner, Saint Francis has shown a commitment providing the best possible patient care, evaluating that care in a rigorous fashion, and dedicating themselves to continuous self-improvement.”

For more information about the Comprehensive Women’s Health Center at Saint Francis, including how to schedule an appointment, visit TrinityHealthOfNE.org/CWHC. Learn more about the NAPBC by visiting the ACS website.