Achievement Award - St. Vincent's HealthCare

Getting to Know Our
LEADERSHIP
Three Year
Accreditation
Awarded to Medical
Imaging Services
Q&A with
David Pringle
Mediscoop now offers an
opportunity for readers to meet
different leaders from across our
healthcare system. In this issue,
we get to know David Pringle.
Q. What is your position and what
are your primary responsibilities?
A. Executive Vice President Mission
Integration
Q. How long have you been
with SVHC?
A. Since June 2009
Q. What do you like best about
your position?
A. The opportunity to work with so
many talented individuals such
as my wonderful team of direct
reports and all those whom I
have come to know during this
past year. Also the opportunity
to creatively express the
Mission through Strategic,
Operational, and Behavioral
Mission Integration initiatives.
2 SEPTEMBER 2010
Q. What activities do you enjoy in
your free time?
A. Spending time with my wife
doing anything or nothing at
all, working on the house and
in the yard, travel to the
Caribbean, entertaining friends,
fine dining, etc.
Q. Do you have one “nugget of
wisdom” you’d like to share
with our readers?
A. Find and surround yourself with
people who energize you, in
whose presence you feel that you
are and can be more than
you ever thought you could
be, who affirm you and your
gifts and who would never
bring you into a downward
spiral by criticizing others.
You deserve it!
By Elaine Murtha
System Director
Medical Imaging, Radiation Oncology
& Rehabilitation Services
MRI Services at SLH and SVMC Awarded
Three Year ACR Accreditation
MRI services at St. Luke’s and
St. Vincent’s have received three year
American College of Radiology (ACR)
accreditation. ACR accreditation measures
the quality of the service including
radiologist and technologist qualifications,
equipment operation, image quality and
quality control.
Congratulations to St. Luke’s Medical
Imaging Manager Suzy Veal, MRI Technologist
AnnaMarie Morrissey, and the DI
Radiologists for a job well done!
Congratulations to St. Vincent’s Medical
Imaging Manager Al Grant, MRI team
leader Janelle Beasley, and the McClow,
Clark & Berk Radiologists for a job well
done!
Breast Health Center at SVMC Awarded
Three Year ACR Accreditation
St. Vincent’s Breast Health Center was
awarded three year ACR Accreditation.
Congratulations to the BHC associates for
successfully completing the on-site MQSA
survey for digital mammography. The
surveyor commented that the conversion
from film/screen to digital technology was
“exceptional” and that he is always impressed
with the high quality of the entire
breast imaging process at St. Vincent’s.
Congratulations to St. Vincent’s Breast
Health Services Manager Jill Nelson, Lead
Quality Technologist Chris Boyd, Lead
Technologist Donna Tomaino, Dr. Toledo,
and all of the associates in the Breast
Health Center for a job well done!