LINCOLN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER

LCMC to Launch Advanced CT Scanner, Enhancing Patient Care and Imaging Services

**Article written by Britne Gillen

At Lincoln County Medical Center (LCMC), we exist to improve the health of the patients, members, and communities we serve in Ruidoso and the surrounding areas. This includes expanding on the services we offer to our patients and the community.

Over the past year, we have been working to install a more advanced Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner, which exceeds the capabilities of our current machine. The new CT scanner is faster, built for a broader range of patients, and can perform scans we previously would have referred patients elsewhere. Equipped with a wider bore of 82cm and a table limit of 750lbs, patients are likely to feel more at ease during their exams. With a faster scanning time of thirty seconds per rotation, scan times will be reduced and more efficient.

Most importantly, the scanner can produce imaging that will allow LCMC to offer more cardiac, neuro, and lung imaging. CT scans are one of our most common radiology procedures at LCMC, so it is important that we have the proper equipment to provide our patients with the care they need.

With the installation of the CT machine, our radiology team will be pursuing CT accreditation through the American College of Radiology. This accreditation is recognized as the gold standard in medical imaging.

The new scanner will be operational in April, which will allow our staff the time to adequately train and practice using the machine so that we can continue to provide patients with quality care.