After more than fifteen years of providing high-quality imaging services in the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, through a network of outpatient centers, you might expect an established company like RadNet to rely on reputation alone. But this is a company whose mission is dedicated to the future of healthcare. Focused on offering subspecialty expertise and providing optimal patient care, RadNet continues to expand to meet the growing needs of the communities which it serves.
More than 2 million people live in Riverside County. A region that stretches from Los Angeles to the Arizona border, with everything from rivers and deserts to mountain peaks and fertile valleys, both the population and the economy of Riverside County have been on a consistent rise. Growing communities within Riverside County, such as Temecula and Murrieta, account for a significant portion of the increase in population. One source attributes these communities for 20 percent of Riverside’s growing population over a seven-year span. Murrieta is currently the largest city in South Riverside County and has grown into a population that is young and family-centered with high incomes and education rates. Likewise, Temecula, home to the Temecula Valley wineries, has been steadily growing since the year 2000 with a projected growth of 7.7% by the year 2022.
To meet the growing needs of this expanding population, RadNet recently opened the region’s only dedicated women’s centers. Breastlink Women’s Imaging Center Temecula and Breastlink Women’s Imaging Riverside offer services such as 2D and 3D digital mammography, ultrasound and bone density scans (DEXA), as well as ultrasound-guided and stereotactic-guided breast biopsies. Increased volume of patients in Temecula lead to the recent opening of the Temecula Parkway location, which offers high-field open MRI, 64-slice CT/CTA and PET/CT, among several other services. Additionally, plans are underway to open a fully dedicated cancer center in Riverside.
Another 2 million people reside in San Bernardino County. Located in the southeastern part of California, it is included with Riverside and Ontario in what is known as The Inland Empire. Spanning an area from south of the San Bernardino Mountains to the Nevada border and the Colorado River, it is the locale of another rapidly growing community, Victorville. With views of snow-topped mountains and located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardino County, Victorville includes the communities of Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victorville, among others. It is also the home of 7 RadNet locations.
Victor Valley Imaging has been providing imaging services to the Victorville area for fifteen years, providing everything from MRI and CT exams to nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology. Their state-of-the-art centers are continually being enhanced and improved to better serve their patients and all equipment has been upgraded to digital quality. Victor Valley saw the opening of a dedicated women’s center, offering Tomosynthesis, as well as many other services. This Fall, Victor Valley will open a brand new Interventional Radiology suite.
All of the centers in both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties offer subspecialty trained radiologists and this, says Norman Hames, President and COO of RadNet’s Western Operations, is the RadNet difference. “RadNet offers radiologists who are fellowship trained in specific subspecialty radiology, allowing us to deliver optimal patient care.” It is this core philosophy that drives RadNet’s expansion, allowing their facilities to meet the growing needs of evolving communities. Hames continues, “We have more industry resources and talent under one umbrella than any other imaging enterprise in the world. And this is what we bring into every community where a RadNet center opens.”
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