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Ultrasound Program Management

A Comprehensive Resource for Administrating Point-of-Care, Emergency, and Clinical Ultrasound

  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Ultrasound Director

    • Michael Blaivas
    Pages 15-28
  3. Institutional Point of Care Ultrasound

    • Gerardo Chiricolo, Vicki E. Noble
    Pages 37-43
  4. Introductory Education

    • Brian B. Morgan, John L. Kendall
    Pages 45-55
  5. Continuing Education

    • Molly E. W. Thiessen, Resa E. Lewiss
    Pages 57-68
  6. Undergraduate Ultrasound Education

    • David P. Bahner, Nelson A. Royall
    Pages 69-90
  7. Residency Ultrasound Education

    • Laura Nolting, Thomas Cook
    Pages 91-102
  8. Ultrasound Fellowship Programs

    • Christopher C. Raio, Srikar Adhikari
    Pages 103-113
  9. Simulation Medicine

    • Bret P. Nelson, Dan Katz
    Pages 127-144
  10. Ultrasound Equipment and Purchase

    • Rachel Liu, Christopher L. Moore, Vivek S. Tayal
    Pages 145-176
  11. Ultrasound Equipment Maintenance

    • Andreas Dewitz
    Pages 177-224
  12. Ultrasound Associated Materials and Equipment

    • Matthew Lipton, Robinson M. Ferre
    Pages 225-241
  13. Ultrasound Safety and Infection Control

    • Jason T. Nomura, Arun D. Nagdev
    Pages 243-267
  14. Ultrasound Quality Improvement

    • Patrick S. Hunt, Christopher David Wilbert, Zachary T. Grambos
    Pages 269-279
  15. Workflow and Middleware

    • Christopher J. Bryczkowski, Mark W. Byrne
    Pages 281-299
  16. Practical Operating and Educational Solutions

    • Petra E. Duran-Gehring, Alfredo Tirado-Gonzalez
    Pages 301-316
  17. Politics of Point of Care Ultrasound

    • Paul R. Sierzenski
    Pages 317-328

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

  • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, USA

    Vivek S. Tayal

  • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, Columbus Georgia, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, USA

    Michael Blaivas

  • Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, USA

    Troy R Foster

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

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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