Overview
The first guide on how to establish an ultrasound program
Edited and written by faculty of the popular ACEP course
Addresses a wide range of issues that face the program leader: from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs and services in the hospital or healthcare facility
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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About this book
This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader – from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs and services in the hospital or healthcare facility. The early chapters of this book focus on the leadership of your program whether in your department or institution. The second section centers on education at all levels recognizing that smaller machines have made ultrasound available for medical students to advanced practitioners. The third section provides detailed logistics on equipment, maintenance, and safety. The fourth section focuses on a quality improvement program and includes a chapter on the workflow process. For those with limited budgets we also offer a section on practical operating and educational solutions. The fifth section offers insight into hospital level credentialing, quality assurance, national politics, and recent issues with accreditation. This is followed by reimbursement and coding. The last section covers topics in specialized communities. Chapters focus on ultrasound in global health, emergency medical services, pediatrics, critical care, community and office based practices. Multiple US working documents including checklists, graphs, spreadsheets, tables, and policy appendices are included.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Vivek S. Tayal, MD, FACEP
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC, USA
Michael Blaivas, MD, FACEP, FAIUM
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, SC, USA
Troy Foster, MD, FACEP
Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, IL, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ultrasound Program Management
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Resource for Administrating Point-of-Care, Emergency, and Clinical Ultrasound
Editors: Vivek S. Tayal, Michael Blaivas, Troy R Foster
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63143-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63141-7Published: 13 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63143-1Published: 01 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 609
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 181 illustrations in colour
Topics: Emergency Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Ultrasound