Community members should reschedule missed screenings in order to get treatment for chronic or new illnesses
June 17 2020 – Good Samaritan Medical Center’s Midtown Imaging locations in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens resume services for patients requiring diagnostic imaging studies with safety standards in place. These standards are built upon deep clinical expertise, as well as continuous incorporation of CDC, CMS, and state recommendations. They are a rigorous combination of infection prevention processes, training, testing, personal protective equipment and technology. It is critical for patients to reschedule screening appointments that may have been missed or postponed.
In addition to the Midtown location openings, Good Samaritan Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Center, located inside the Victor Farris Building on the first floor, remains open to serve the community and offers diagnostic services with safety standards in place to protect both the patients and staff.
“We understand that social distancing and state orders may have caused patients to miss or delay regularly scheduled diagnostic imaging appointments that can now be rescheduled at two of our Midtown Imaging Centers, or at our Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Center inside the Victor Farris building,” said Sheri Montgomery, acting chief executive officer at Good Samaritan Medical Center. “Our phased approach of re-opening up these two Midtown locations first, complemented by the outpatient services offered at our main campus, are designed to ensure all safety protocols are in place to protect our patients.”
Good Samaritan’s Midtown Imaging Centers, and the Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Center inside the Victor Farris building, are part of the Palm Beach Health Network. Producing quality images and employing skilled and experienced staff are the cornerstones of excellent medical care at Midtown. The technologies provided can result in earlier and more accurate diagnoses. The centers specialize in advanced diagnostic imaging equipment including CT scans, MRIs, mammograms, ultrasounds, and X-rays. All of the services performed are in a safe, friendly, and patient-centered environment.
“Since March, many people have delayed tests or screenings that they would have ordinarily already had to detect a life-threatening disease. With the safety protocols we have implemented, now is the time to seek care,” said Dr. Ross Lieberfarb, medical director of the Division of Diagnostic Imaging at Good Samaritan Medical Center. “We have taken the appropriate steps, and we have the supplies needed to offer imaging studies in a safe, convenient environment for our patients and community.”
To make an appointment at one of the Midtown centers, call our Palm Beach Gardens location at 561-625-4441, or our West Palm Beach location at 561-697-3001. To make an appointment at the Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Center inside the Victor Farris building, call 561-650-6441. You can also go to our website at www.goodsamaritanmc.com/services/diagnostic-imaging.
About Good Samaritan Medical Center
Good Samaritan Medical Center is a 333-bed acute care hospital providing sophisticated, personalized medical care to Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast for 100 years.
As one of the area’s leading oncology centers, the hospital’s Cancer Institute provides general and highly specialized cancer services and is accredited by the Commission on Cancer, a program of the American College of Surgeons. Good Samaritan Medical Center’s Breast Institute is designated by the American College of Surgeons as a National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a designation reserved for breast centers that achieve high standards across the most effective breast cancer treatments. The Breast Institute is also a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.
Additional services include general and robotic surgical options through the hospital’s Surgical Institute, a Certified Primary Stroke Center, 24-hour emergency care, advanced cardiac care through the Cardiac and Vascular Institute, diagnostic imaging, maternity services and a Sleep Disorders Center.
Good Samaritan Medical Center has been a recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award for two years in a row (2018-2019), placing Good Sam in the top 10% of all hospitals evaluated for L&D services. The hospital has one of the lowest C-section rates in Florida: Good Samaritan Medical Center is proud to be one of only 19 hospitals in the state of Florida to achieve a C-section rate below 23.9% for first time mothers with low risk pregnancies, meeting the AHCA recommended C-section rate.
Good Samaritan Medical Center earned Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care. The hospital is also a designated Center of Excellence for Hidden Scar Breast Cancer Surgery™.
To learn more about Good Samaritan Medical Center, or for a complimentary physician referral, visit www.goodsamaritanmc.com or call 561-650-6023.
