For Immediate Release: June 30, 2011, Bolingbrook, Illinois - The Hinsdale Hematology Oncology Associates' Bolingbrook laboratory has met all criteria for Laboratory Accreditation by COLA, a national healthcare accreditation organization. Accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance of proficiency testing, and pass a rigorous on-site laboratory survey. Hinsdale Hematology Oncology Associates has earned COLA accreditation in both its Bolingbrook and Hinsdale offices as a result of a long-term commitment to provide quality services to its patients.

COLA is a nonprofit, physician-directed organization promoting quality and excellence in medicine and patient care through programs of voluntary education, achievement, and accreditation.

COLA is approved by the federal government and sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians- American Society of Internal Medicine, and the American Osteopathic Association.