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Preventive medicine is all about staying out of the hospital. Advanced diagnostic testing and screenings may help to detect the early signs of disease or illness, allowing earlier intervention and treatment that may help to avoid more serious health problems later on. Advanced diagnostic procedures may also aid in the diagnosis of medical problems or disease not easily detectable through other methods.
JFK Memorial Hospital is proud to offer comprehensive Diagnostic Imaging Services, providing access to some of the most sophisticated diagnostic equipment and services available.
- X-ray
- Ultrasound (color flow Doppler) for helping to diagnose problems in the abdomen, breast, chest, prostate, thyroid and vascular system
- Mammography
- Spiral CT scanning
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Angiography
- Nuclear medicine (with spect scanning capabilities), including stress testing, to test for:
- Cardiac and vascular disease
- Lung cancer and pulmonary disease
- Prostate cancer
- Renal cancer
- Thyroid disease
- Interventional and Magnetic Resonance (MR)
- Bone densitometry
- Advanced vessel daignostics
- Dialysis catheter placement
- Chemotherapy port placement
- Virtual colonoscopy
Getting Your Results
A Radiologist will review your diagnostic test results. Your test results and any interpretative comments made by the Radiologist may be sent directly to your referring physician usually within three working days.
Scheduling an Appointment
To schedule an appointment for diagnostic imaging services at JFK Memorial Hospital, please call (760) 775-8434. Please have your insurance information available when you call to facilitate pre-authorization for your tests. A physician referral may be required before certain tests can be scheduled.
For More Information
We welcome you to contact us for more information about our diagnostic services or for a free referral to a physician, please call (800) 343-4JFK.
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