LONG BEACH, Calif. , Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ABRET – a non-profit credentialing board globally advancing excellence in neurodiagnostics through accreditation and credentialing – recently accredited both MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach 's Neurology Center and MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center with a five-year electroencephalogram (EEG) accreditation called the LAB-EEG Accreditation.
An EEG is a test detecting the brain's electrical activity and is used for diagnosing brain disorders like epilepsy, assessing seizures, monitoring brain function – especially during surgery – and advancing understanding of the brain. MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital are among only 18 out of 355 hospitals in California to receive this accreditation. They are also two of just seven hospitals with this accreditation in the Los Angeles and Orange County area.
"It is an honor to receive this accreditation from ABRET," says Todd Blake , chief operations officer, MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital. "This accreditation is a testament to the dedicated work our EEG lab technologists do every day, and I am proud that our two hospitals are among the few hospitals within California with the ABRET accreditation. This is the expectation we set for ourselves so we can be at our best for our patients when they need us most.
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