Osteoporosis is a highly debilitating disease affecting more than half a million Ontarians, both men and women. Fractures from osteoporosis are more common than heart attack, stroke and breast cancer combined.

Benefits of the 2016 New Online CBMD Facility Accreditation Program

• Reassures the public and referring physicians that the delivery of BMD services meet the highest quality standards
• Optimises the appropriate use of BMD services in our publicly funded health care system.
• Commitment to a Standard of Excellence for BMD testing to ensure optimum patient care
• The CBMD Facility Accreditation program ensure that the highest national standards are met, or exceeded
• Five year accreditation period
• Uses the CAR's 2013 Technical Standards for Bone Mineral Densitometry Reporting
• Mandatory involvement of medical physicists
• New and improved resource tools: positioning manuals, training videos
• Continually evolving OAR CBMD education programs for both reading physicians and medical radiation technologists
• Accredited Densitometry Technologist (ADT) examination and 5 year designation for Medical Radiation Technologists

• Mandatory involvement of medical physicists
• The benefits to hospitals and clinics begins with the commitment to a Standard of Excellence for BMD testing to ensure optimum patient care
• The CBMD Facility Accreditation program provides the template, processes, and procedures to ensure that the highest national standards are not only met, but where possible exceeded:
• Ensures the highest standard of testing and quality patient health management
• Reassures the public and referring physicians that technologist training and equipment meet the highest quality standards possible
• Uses enhanced reporting standards to avoid the “care gap” between disease recognition and treatment provided
• Ensures compliance with regulatory bodies
• User-friendly application process easier completion
• Online application identifies areas yet to be completed
• Provides a permanent record for the applicant
• CBMD resources and tools include:
• 95 page full-colour positioning manual for technologists
• Adult Positioning Training Video using Lunar Machine
• Adult Positioning Training Video using Hologic Machine
• Paediatric Positioning Training Video using Lunar Machine
• Updated Policies and Procedures Manual
• CBMD Precision Calculator and Sample Calculations
• Do’s and Don’ts Booklet for technologists preparing for the Accredited Densitometry Technologist (ADT) practical exam
• The 2013 Canadian Association of Radiologists Technical Standards for Bone Mineral Densitometry Reporting
• Commonly Asked Questions and Answers
• A Standard Reporting Tool is under development to be introduced in 2015 for reading physicians