West Florida Hospital’s Mobile Mammography Unit Announces Schedule for Week of February 3
January 21, 2014, Pensacola, FL- West Florida Hospital’s Mobile Mammography Unit will be at the following locations during the week of February 3 to offer convenient, high quality mammography services for women age 35 and over. West Florida Hospital files most insurances, including Medicare (Medicare will cover screening mammograms every year with no deductible for those women over 40 who have that coverage).
Monday, February 3 – 7 – 11 a.m.
West Florida Medical Group, 4601 Spanish Trail, Pensacola
Monday, February 3 – 12 – 2:30 p.m.
Covenant Hospice Corporate Office, 5041 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola
Tuesday, February 4 – 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. & 1 – 3:30 p.m.
West Florida Medical Group, 7458 Pine Forest Road, Pensacola
Wednesday, February 5 – 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. & 1 – 3:30 p.m. West Florida Medical Group, 321 S. Fairfield Drive, Pensacola
Thursday, February 6 – 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. & 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Wal-Mart Supercenter, 1226 U.S. 331, DeFuniak Springs
A customized 37-foot coach containing dedicated mammography equipment, the Mobile Mammography Unit makes getting a mammogram even more convenient.
It travels throughout the area bringing quality mammography services to women where
they are: at work, club or church meetings, health fairs, West Florida Primary Care offices and other community locations.
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The Mobile Mammography Unit provides comprehensive mammography services that feature an all-female staff of nationally certified and licensed technologists and state
of-the-art equipment, including Digital Mammography and CAD (Computer Aided
Detection). For extra assurance, all mammograms are read by two board certified
Radiologists. The Mobile Mammography Unit is also certified by the FDA and accredited by the American College of Radiology.
In addition, West Florida Healthcare was the first facility in the area to be recognized as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellencefrom the American College of Radiology (ACR). By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy). West Florida Healthcare is one of only a few ACR BICOE facilities in the state of Florida.
For appointmentsor more information, call (850) 494-3497 or toll-free at
1-888-894-2113.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: West Florida Hospital’s Mobile Mammography Unit announces schedule for week of February 3