Search Tag: POCUS
2024 16 May
Exo , a medical imaging software and devices company, today announced the release of Exo Works® Connect , a tailored package of its Exo Works point-of-care ultrasound ( POCUS) workflow solution designed for healthcare organizations that want to drive fast implementation and adoption of POCUS. Designed around the needs of the caregiver, the...Read more
2024 16 May
Exo , a medical imaging software and devices company, today announced the release of Exo Works® Connect , a tailored package of its Exo Works point-of-care ultrasound ( POCUS) workflow solution designed for healthcare organizations that want to drive fast implementation and adoption of POCUS. Designed around the needs of the caregiver, the...Read more
2024 16 May
Exo , a medical imaging software and devices company, today announced the release of Exo Works® Connect , a tailored package of its Exo Works point-of-care ultrasound ( POCUS) workflow solution designed for healthcare organizations that want to drive fast implementation and adoption of POCUS. Designed around the needs of the caregiver, the...Read more
2023 14 Sep
The portability, precision, and noninvasive nature of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) empower medical professionals in different hospital departments to deliver timely answers to their patients, right at the bedside where it is needed most. Clinicians can conduct scans, store images, and record findings without the need for additional orders...Read more
2023 05 Jun
From May 25-27, Mindray participated in the 34th European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) Congress held in Riga, Latvia. As the pre-eminent academic event in European medical ultrasound imaging, the EUROSON Congress displays the latest advancements in ultrasound technology, scientific research, and innovation...Read more
2023 05 Jun
From May 25-27, Mindray participated in the 34th European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) Congress held in Riga, Latvia. As the pre-eminent academic event in European medical ultrasound imaging, the EUROSON Congress displays the latest advancements in ultrasound technology, scientific research, and innovation...Read more
2022 08 Dec
An overview of the main ultrasonographic tools that allow physiotherapists to improve their evaluation in the critical patient, described through the mnemonic PHISIO. Introduction Ultrasound is considered to be the fifth pillar of the physical examination to provide and improve patient care (Narula et al. 2018). In critically ill patients,...Read more
2022 08 Dec
Historical Perspectives and a Path Forward Critical Care Ultrasound is a rapidly evolving field with an ever-expanding footprint in ICUs. While much progress has been made, ongoing efforts need to continue towards demonstrating impact on patient-oriented outcome measures and on defining educational curricula and competency requirements....Read more
2022 08 Dec
Historical Perspectives and a Path Forward Critical Care Ultrasound is a rapidly evolving field with an ever-expanding footprint in ICUs. While much progress has been made, ongoing efforts need to continue towards demonstrating impact on patient-oriented outcome measures and on defining educational curricula and competency requirements....Read more
2022 30 Jun
Richard Fabian has been promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc., the world leader in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions, effective July 1, 2022. Richard joined the company as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2017. “Richard has demonstrated the ability to lead FUJIFILM Sonosite through...Read more
2021 09 Jun
The use of Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) has been consistently increasing in recent years. The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound and representatives of the American College of Radiology’s Commission on Ultrasound defined POCUS as “the sonographic evaluation of a patient performed and reported in a patient evaluation and management encounter.” ...Read more
2021 19 Apr
An overview of the potential of POCUS on clinical decision making at the bedside and the need to add it as a new diagnostic tool by intensive care physiotherapists. Introduction Intensive care physiotherapists often rely on standard assessment tools, such as measures of physiological function (arterial blood gases), adequacy/quality...Read more
2020 18 Apr
A Talk with Italian Critical Care Physician Enrico Storti Hospitals all over the world are working to rapidly expand their capacity to treat critically ill patients with COVID-19. To find out how hospitals on the frontlines of the pandemic are coping and the lessons learned that could help other hospitals prepare, FUJIFILM SonoSite’s Chief Medical...Read more
2020 21 Mar
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has a significant role to play in pain management for patients around the world. Dr Victor Mayoral Rojals, Consultant Anaesthetist and head of the pain unit at the Bellvitge University Hospital, in Barcelona, Spain, discusses the development of a training programme dedicated to POCUS in pain management for anaesthetists...Read more
2019 19 Dec
The rapid scanning and dynamic imaging capabilities offered by point-of-care ultrasound make it an invaluable tool for emergency medicine. Dr Enrique Ortiz Villacian (from Emergency Services at Donostia University Hospital in San Sebastián) and Dr Juajo Zafra Sanchez (from the Emergency Unit at San Eloy Hospital in Barakaldo) discussed the role ultrasound...Read more
2019 01 Nov
Each year, Emergency Departments (ED) across the United States see more than 145 million visits, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Nearly two-and-a-half million ED patients end up getting some kind of diagnostic exam, like ultrasound, that confirms if a hospital stay is needed. In highly populated areas, doctors often struggle...Read more
2019 22 Oct
Company demonstrates various educational and training solutions designed specifically for point-of-care ultrasound to more than 8,000 emergency medicine professionals FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc ., specialists in developing cutting-edge, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), and part of the greater Fujifilm Healthcare portfolio, will exhibit numerous...Read more
2019 17 Oct
FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc ., specialists in developing cutting-edge, point-of-care ultrasound solutions, and part of the greater Fujifilm Healthcare portfolio, has entered into an agreement with Intelligent Ultrasound Group, a global, world-class ultrasound software and simulation developer, allowing the companies to deliver a training solution to the...Read more
2019 24 Sep
Multi-lingual POCUS educational tools are the result of global member demand FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., specialists in developing cutting-edge, point-of-care ultrasound solutions, today announced that its SonoSite Institute, a comprehensive online educational resource dedicated to empowering and educating healthcare providers about point-of-care...Read more
2019 18 Sep
AI2 Incubator delivers deep learning and computer vision technology on limited hardware capacity to enable new levels of ultrasound detection FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc. , specialists in developing cutting-edge, point-of-care ultrasound solutions, and the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence AI2 Incubator , builder of AI-first startups, announced...Read more
2019 11 Sep
Collaboration to develop artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced ultrasound technology aimed at increasing the utility of ultrasound and improving our nation’s healthcare system FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc. has announced the launch of a strategic relationship with Partners HealthCare to apply artificial intelligence to improve the utility and functionality...Read more
2019 26 Jul
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is widely used in hospitals across the country. However, as these systems are often shared between departments, and consultants may work at more than one hospital within a trust, there is a clear advantage to choosing instruments from a single supplier wherever possible. Jim McWilliams, Associate Director for Technical...Read more
2019 19 Jul
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an established tool for the rapid assessment and diagnosis of patients across a variety of medical disciplines, not least in the high-octane environment of intensive care medicine. Dr. Timm Steuber, senior consultant and head of the ICU at Evangelisches Krankenhaus Unna, Germany, discusses his day-to-day...Read more
2019 22 May
Initiatives to expand the meeting globally Prof. Sidhu, talks to Healthmanagement.org about EUROSON 2019 and EFSUMB initiatives in the pipeline. EFSUMB and FESUMB welcome the imaging and ultrasound community to Granada for EUROSON 2019. This year EUROSON will be held simultaneously with the XXX Annual Meeting of AEED (Asociación Española...Read more
2019 22 Feb
The foremost expert in critical care ultrasound on the value of natural vs artificial intelligence in medicine. Ultrasound is a tool like no other in medicine. Most importantly, because it is a work of the hand and the eye, combining the art of reasoning, common sense (that is, intelligence), it provides a unique opportunity for the physician...Read more
2019 24 Jan
The secrets of the abdomen Overview of abdominal point-of-care ultrasound use in the ICU, potential diagnoses and findings common to the critical care patient population. The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in critical care as a diagnostic and monitoring tool is rapidly expanding. While its role in cardiovascular and respiratory...Read more
2018 11 Dec
Mosul, Iraq’s second city, is slowly rebuilding its healthcare infrastructure after years of war and destruction. Dr Henryk Pich, a consultant anaesthetist and intensive care physician at the University of Dresden, Germany, visited the region soon after the fighting had ended, supported by the independent aid organisation CADUS. Moved by the makeshift...Read more
2018 12 Nov
Point-of-care ultrasound is playing an important role in the anaesthesiology department at Spain’s Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. Dr Xavier Sala-Blanch, Senior Doctor and Head of Section in the hospital’s Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation and Associate Professor of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, discusses...Read more