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Medical Marvel

Barron’s | November 7, 2005 “Sonosite is growing significantly faster than the average medical-device company and much faster than larger capital-equipment imaging companies like a GE or Siemens.” Read full article

Better Peek Inside

Herald Net | August 8, 2005 “Sonosite’s portable ultrasound machines have helped doctors from Seattle emergency rooms to field hospitals in Iraq quickly find internal injuries.” Note: Link no longer available from original site

Power in a Small Package

RT image | August 8, 2005 “Sonosite Inc. announces the worldwide launch of its MicroMaxx ultrasound system, the company’s third generation hand-carried product.” Read full article

The Sonosite MicroMaxx

MedGadget | April 20, 2005 “Sonosite, Inc. has announced the release of its latest, laptop size ultrasound system.” Read full article

On Sonosite’s Screen

Business Week | March 14, 2005 “There are few CEOs like Kevin Goodwin, who boasts that his company leaves General Electric in the dust. Sonosite is way ahead of GE — in handheld products for ultrasound imaging.” Read full article

Shake ‘Em Up

Forbes | February 14, 2005 “Kevin Goodwin has a cheap handheld ultrasound device. Can he take down GE and Siemens?” Note: Link no longer available from original site

Global Health: Teaching Ultrasound in El Salvador

It is sometimes easy to forget how privileged we are to have access to modern conveniences, healthcare technologies and services. Fortunately, at Sonosite, we enjoy supporting many adventurous care providers who share their skills in resource limited countries. One such Doctor is Dr Jennifer Chao. Upon her return from El Salvador we received this informative email: On May 19 and 20th, twenty-one physicians in El Salvador participated in a 2 day paediatric bedside ultrasound course at Benjamin Bloom Children's Hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador. This is the fourth time that such a course…

Global Health: Teaching ultrasound in Malawi - Dr Bergman

Global Health is more than providing medical care in resource limited countries. To create sustainable global health, four physicians from Contra Costa Family Medicine residency traveled to Malawi to do an ultrasound training for Malawian clinicians. They were kind enough to send us lots of photos and the following summary: For the past five years, Contra Costa has taught a comprehensive point-of-care ultrasound course for its Family Medicine residents. While these skills have become quite useful in the hospital and the clinic in the US, their ultrasound skills have become particularly…

Fujifilm Sonosite Explores the Future of Visual Medicine at HIMSS 2014 Annual Conference and Exhibition

The Future LIVE and Visualised at #HIMSS14 HIMSS14 is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organisation focused on better health through information technology (IT). This year's HIMSS conference, hosted in Orlando, Florida, is a huge exhibition with the latest in medical technology. The event's main focus was medical information, and "interoperability" was the key underlying topic, as the market is experiencing a massive convergence of mobile and medical. FUJIFILM Sonosite's team was on hand to explore and find the best and brightest at the HIMSS 2014 conference.As…

Sonosite Teams up with the Seattle Seahawks 2014 Super Bowl Champions

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mHealthSummit 2014

mHealthSummit 2014, Washington, D.C. The largest event of its kind, the 5th annual mHealth Summit brings together leaders in government, the private sector, industry, academia, providers and not-for-profit organizations from across the mHealth ecosystem to advance collaboration in the use of wireless technology and to improve health outcomes in the United States and abroad. Deep connections are made at mHealthSummit. It is a rare chance to meet the folks working daily at our nation's capital. Mobile bandwidth will release a tidal wave that will be an order of magnitude beyond…

Digital Health Summit at CES 2014

Digital Health Summit at International CES 2014The International CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. Held in Las Vegas every year, it has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. This year "Invisible Wearables" were incredibly trendy at CES 2014, with good reason! The Digital Health Summit brought together some of THE MOST innovative companies and thinkers to enlighten us on everything…

From the front lines... Code Black Movie

About Code Black Movie In his vivid and thought-provoking filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry gives us unprecedented access to America’s busiest Emergency Department. Amidst real life-and-death situations, McGarry follows a dedicated team of charismatic, young doctors-in-training as they wrestle openly with both their ideals and with the realities of saving lives in a complex and overburdened system. Their training ground and source of inspiration is “C-Booth,” Los Angeles County Hospital’s legendary trauma bay, the birthplace of Emergency Medicine, where “more people have died and more…

What if you could reduce door-to-balloon time for heart attack patients?

Read More from the Experts PUBMED.gov | 2013 Jul-Sep;17 EMS activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory is associated with process improvements in the care of myocardial infarction patients PUBMED.gov | 2010 Apr-Jun Early cardiac catheterization laboratory activation by paramedics for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction on prehospital 12-lead electrocardiograms Join the Future of Medical Visualization community Receive our newsletter, videos and invitations to special events. In addition, feel free to comment below…

Interview with Chanel Fishetti - Glimps Show by Fujifilm Sonosite

Chanel Fischetti @Chanel_Fischetti Chanel Fischetti grew up in Southern California and attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she ran track and cross country. She is currently attending medical school at the University of California Irvine and plans to practice in the field of emergency medicine with a special focus in ultrasound and international health. Outside of medicine, Chanel loves to run, spend time with friends and family and work with the special needs community. Chanel is working on a new app called …

Dr. Liz Turner discusses Visual Medicine on Sonosite's GLIMPSE show

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Dr. Francis Yamazaki, Discusses Anesthesia on Sonosite's GLIMPSE Show

Dr. John Christian Fox and Joel Shlang discuss Medical Education, Sonosite's GLIMPSE Show

Ultrafest UCI 2014 Highlight Film

Ultrafest Ultrasound Festival hosted at UCI (University of California, Irvine) 2014Ultrafest is a free bedside ultrasound symposium hosted at UC Irvine Under the direction of AIUM member J. Christian Fox, MD, the University of California, Irvine (UCI), hosted Ultrafest, a free bedside ultrasound symposium for medical students throughout California, on Saturday, February 8th at the medical school campus. Ultrafest will provide hands-on workshops in emergency medicine, urology, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery, anaesthesia, cardiology, sports medicine, and more. The symposium provides an…

Ultrasound of the Shoulder, Part 1

The American Journal of Orthopedics Alan M. Hirahara, MD, FRCS(C), and Alberto J. Panero, DO In the first of a three part series for the American Journal of Orthopedics, Drs Alan Hirahara, MD, FRCS(C) and Alberto Panero, DO discuss the advantages of diagnostic and ultrasound guided procedures in the shoulder. The article explains that the use of ultrasound at the point of care is growing in orthopedics and offers dynamic, real-time evaluation and safe, accurate treatment of conditions or injuries in the office. The ability for ultrasound to guide …