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Commitment to quality O
Throughout the project, SeHealth will work with FEMA, rt
fulfilling all applicable rules and regulations as dictated by their J Tammy von Taborsky joined Southeastern Radiology J
agency. The first steps include securing architect, engineering Associates in 1990 as a staff technologist. Since that time, she h
and restoration companies. No completion date has been set has worked with the center’s former mobile mammography
and operational details related to the occupancy of the facility program and, while advancing in her career, became one of o
have not yet been finalized except for the commitment to North Carolina’s first certified mammographers. p
continue to provide health services at the site, which is located
at 800 Martin L. King Jr. Drive in Lumberton. “Even after my 32 plus years of mammography, I love my e
Joann Anderson David Sumner patients and will strive to do my absolute best to continue to
save lives,” said von Taborsky. di
Imaging center provides comfortable, quality care Her commitment to quality has helped the center achieve and c
maintain status as the only Breast Center of Excellence in the
region. In addition to mammograms, von Taborsky also S
Lucy Cline, left, visited recently with Southeastern performs stereotactic breast biopsies, wire localizations,
Radiology Associates’ Tammy von Taborsky. ductograms, bone density studies and general radiography. u
Lifelong care “Tammy’s passion is not just to find breast cancer but to save lives by finding it early enough to save our grandmothers, rg

mothers, sisters, daughters and aunts,” said Mike Moldovan, Manager of Southeastern Radiology Associates.
When Minnie Lucille “Lucy” Cline was diagnosed with breast cancer e
in 1999, she was already comfortable with the caregivers who Southeastern Radiology Associates originally opened as LRA in 1974. The center became an affiliate of Southeastern Health in
conducted her imaging tests at Southeastern Radiology Associates, 2013. The main center and Wellness Imaging Center are accredited by the American College of Radiology for mammography o
then known as Lumberton Radiology Associates, or LRA. services. They also serve as the only center in the region recognized by the American College of Radiology as a Breast Imaging n
Center of Excellence.
Cline, 76, a lifelong resident of Lumberton, had routinely received to
imaging testing at the center to include annual screening For more information about Southeastern Radiology Associates, call (910) 738-8222.
mammograms starting at around age 40 as well as X-rays for her tr
knee, back and chest over the years. ea

“It feels good to know that people care and it makes you feel t
Southeastern Radiology Associates Radiologist comfortable,” said Cline. “I am glad that there is someone that I
Dr. Jim Parker recognize and remember their face, even though I may not know p
their name.” at
Cline says she feels the warmth when she walks in the door. ie

“Everyone there has been so nice. They look at me and say ‘you’re back!’ and have even offered to give me my own chair,” added *The roll-out is kicking off in early November.
Cline. nt
Everything is digital these days. It only makes sense that your health s
Just last month, Cline’s physician at Gibson Cancer Center sent her back to Southeastern Radiology Associates to have a record would be too. And a new electronic health record (EHR) system is
sonogram on a spot they detected during her annual check-up. She once again found comfort in being familiar with those who rolling out November 2017 throughout Southeastern Health (SeHealth). in
were performing her test. She was relieved to receive word on August 14 from General Surgeon Dr. Samuel Britt of Southeastern
Surgical Center that she did not have cancer again and that everything was clear. An EHR is a digital version of your health history. It’s like a paper chart, G
but it exists in electronic form and travels with you from one provider to ra
The providers affiliated with Southeastern Radiology Associates feel passionate about their patients and the community in which another.
they serve and where most have lived for many years. y’
Sharing made easier
"I've personally read over 43,000 mammograms and 4,000 breast ultrasounds since coming to Lumberton over 20 years ago, Dr. James “Brownie” Steve Milston s
helping to find 467 breast cancers,” said Southeastern Radiology Associates Radiologist Dr. Jim Parker. “But patients are more McLeod SeHealth first went paperless in 2000. But that system is due to sunset in a C
than just numbers, and I am only one part of a team. I am proud of the work we do, and humbled by the trust that the women of few years. That is because it will no longer be supported by its vendor and
Robeson County have placed in our facility and our people for so long." (cont. to next page) (cont. on next page) re

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