As a vascular surgeon practicing for over 30 years, I’ve learned that in healthcare, timely and accurate diagnosis and interventions can mean the difference between life and death. However, clinicians ...

One of the biggest daily challenges faced by healthcare providers is obtaining accurate diagnostic answers in a timely manner. Clinicians spend years training in physical diagnosis, mastering ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received an initial diagnosis with point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) vs. the standard of care ...

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has transformed bedside diagnostics and procedural guidance. Clinicians can now make rapid decisions and perform safer procedures using real-time imaging. Studies ...

Every medical student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham now has access to a portable point-of-care ultrasound unit (POCUS unit) for the first time to help diagnose a patient’s potential ...

A recent review suggests point-of-care ultrasound can help home hospital care providers assess, diagnose, and monitor a range of conditions with relatively little additional training. Throughout the ...

Ultrasounds are among the most used imaging in healthcare. But some in the health IT industry see an alternative way of conducting ultrasounds that they say can help with issues from staffing ...

Since October 2023, Heersink School of Medicine’s Department of Medical Education has hosted several faculty training sessions in partnership with the Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI). GUSI aims to ...

A frequent concern among clinicians new to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is the risk of malpractice. This fear often arises from equating POCUS with radiology-performed ultrasounds. Many worry that ...

An intervention to increase point-of-care ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (POCUS-GRA) uptake by emergency physicians was safe, effective, and significantly reduced the odds of delirium. Evidence ...

Author considers point-of-care ultrasound as a tool to be mastered over a career in medicine, rather than in an already packed PA school curriculum. Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the ...